You had me at "SCA event"... but you lost me at "bacon" (; On Wed, 26 Sep 2012, Kat Toomajian wrote: > I'll be in one of the northern suburbs this weekend at an SCA event. > If anyone wants cookies, show up. ;) > > And, if you tell me ahead of time that you're coming, I might even be > convinced to make bacon chocolate chip cookies. > > -Kat > Aut viam inveniam aut faciam. > I will either find a way or make one. > > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: >> 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 >> >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 --