booting problem

[James Takac]

Hi Gary

On Friday 03 September 2010 07:00:48 G. wrote:
> 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

It doesn't on mine either but CTRL ALT F1 does

Try that

James