Oh dear, Ubuntu really needs to get their Dist Upgrade process figured out. Can you still do ctrl + alt + f1 to bring up a command line terminal? You might be able to get this to work sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop sudo apt-get install unity On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > Yeah, flashdrive, sorry, my mind was in... well, 10 years ago I guess (: > if you can boot from a flashdrive with enough space you can probably just > bulk-copy your homedir over to it. > > > On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Kat Toomajian wrote: > > >> I gave up on getting anything resolved tonight, so no worries there. My >> netbook doesn't have an optical drive, but I think I can do it via a >> flashdrive. Too tired to dig mine out tonight though. >> >> Backing up my data is a good plan. I can set that up tonight to run >> overnight, if I can get to the utility. >> >> K >> >> On Sep 26, 2012 12:21 AM, "Yaron" <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: >> Hmm. Not sure about actually getting the installation fixed >> right this second, but can you make an Ubuntu installation CD >> and then boot to the live Ubuntu and make sure you can access >> (and hopefully back up) all your data? You might want to get all >> your important stuff backed up before you try to fix anything. >> Worst case scenario, you then reinstall from scratch and restore >> all your data. >> >> Quite likely backing up your homedir would be enough, and then >> restoring it to a fresh installation. All your >> settings/bookmarks/whatever should be in there. As worst case >> scenarios go, it's a pretty good one. >> >> On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Kat Toomajian wrote: >> >> >> Hi everyone! >> >> My name is Kat. :) I decided that tonight would be a >> good night to upgrade >> to Ubuntu 12.04. I have done upgrades solo before, >> and haven't had any >> issues. The upgrade went fine, right up until the >> part where I started >> getting a bunch of notifications that said the >> packets were already >> installed. I thought maybe that was normal, clicked >> ok, and went on with the >> process. >> >> When I rebooted, I had no menu bars, no terminal, >> and no internet >> connection! Nooooooooo! I am in *way* over my head, >> and I really hope one of >> you fine folks can help me out! I make pretty >> awesome cookies... >> >> Help me, Obi-Wan Tclug! You are my only hope! >> >> Fingers crossed, >> Kat >> >> (PS: Acer Aspire One, model # ZG5, 1.5 GB RAM. >> Nothing fancy.) >> >> >> >> >> >> -Yaron >> >> -- >> ______________________________**_________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/**mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> >> >> >> >> > > -Yaron > > -- > ______________________________**_________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/**mailman/listinfo/tclug-list<http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120926/5da0f3d0/attachment.html>