booting problem

[G.]

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:04 PM,  <pkaplan1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Try booting to recovery mode and Alt+F1 to a console.
> Login.
> Then try "sudo dpkg --configure -a" (no quotes).
> At this point you could restart and you should be able to login or you can
> continue with the upgrade...
> $ sudo apt-get update
> $ sudo apt-get upgrade
> Paul
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "G." <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Thursday, September 2, 2010 3:32:03 PM
> Subject: booting problem
>
> I was downloading updates when I lost power and now I can not get
> lucid running on the netbook.  It will boot to the user screen but the
> mouse pad nor the mouse works.  When I boot using recovery mode it
> gets part way then freezes.  My other version of 10.4 netbook works
> fine.  Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks very much
>
> gary
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paul:

Alf F1 is not giving me a console.

gary