So everything's working? Great! Now about those cookies... On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Kat Toomajian wrote: > > I ended up there this morning, and reinstalling Unity fixed the issue. I > used Aptitude instead of apt-get though. > > Thank you for your help! > > Kat > > On Sep 26, 2012 12:54 PM, "Joel Longanecker" <joel.longanecker at gmail.com> > wrote: > 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 > > > > > > -Yaron > > -- > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > -Yaron --