If you don't like bacon, then I don't think we can be friends anyway. :P I could do butterscotch, maybe. -Kat Aut viam inveniam aut faciam. I will either find a way or make one. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list