[xubuntu-users] 14.04 Upgrade problems

Bob Lewis bobbie.lewis at gmail.com
Wed Jul 23 19:57:07 UTC 2014


Auto complete FTL. apt-get install python-software-properties
On Jul 23, 2014 12:55 PM, "Bob Lewis" <bobbie.lewis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you for response.
>
> I followed your instructions to the sudo apt-get-repository command and
> got an command not found error.
>
> I researched it and typed sudo apt-get python is of year esp roper ties to
> install it but it did not work.
>
> Any thoughts?
> On Jul 23, 2014 12:30 PM, "Ramón Marquez" <libuntu at openmailbox.org> wrote:
>
>>  re-install the graphic driver:
>>
>>
>>    - Ctrl + F1
>>    - sudo service lightdm stop
>>    - sudo apt-get install build-essential
>>    - sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-*
>>    - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
>>    - sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings
>>
>> and re-configure later the X.org:
>>
>>    - sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver
>>
>>
>> regards!
>>
>>
>> El 23/07/14 a las 14:44, Bob Lewis escibió:
>>
>> I have an Nvidia optimus 610m video adapter.  Normally I would have no
>> issue with a clean install, however I need to get my files backed up and
>> don't know how to copy them from the command line to either a usb or CD.
>>
>> I did not disable ppas.
>>
>> Thanks again your feedback.
>> On Jul 23, 2014 11:55 AM, "Gerard Bekhuis" <odemarus at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello.
>>>
>>> I believe, you can better make a completely newinstallation of Xubuntu
>>> 14.04 LTS. Then i believe you will not have any problems with Xubuntu 14.04.
>>> Good luck.
>>> Gérard.
>>>
>>> Am 23.07.2014 um 20:49 schrieb Ramón Marquez:
>>>
>>>
>>> El 23/07/14 a las 14:02, Bob Lewis escibió:
>>>
>>> I'm a new Xubuntu user (a few months).  I know a small amount of
>>> scripting but am in no way an expert.  I've been running 13.10 without
>>> issue for awhile now and decided to upgrade to 14.04 using the in-system
>>> updater.
>>>
>>> The upgrade seemed to go uneventfully until the reboot. The system
>>> rebooted, I got the splash screen then everything went black.  However I
>>> was able to use cntrl+ apt +F1 to log in to the command line.  Yet
>>> everything that requires a GUI fails.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> to fully upgrade to a new version, it is highly recommended zero.
>>>
>>> Do you disable the PPA's before to upgrade?
>>> have you dedicated graphic card ?
>>>
>>>
>>> regards!
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