Dead After Update

[CentaurHauler]

I let Adept do the suggested updates this morning, and now cannot get Kubuntu to start. At the login screen I type in my password, and then dialog box goes away (leaving the background image), and that is it.

If I boot in terminal mode, it seems to run, but I have little experience with the commands. I checked the xorg.conf, and it has not changed, so it doesn't appear to be a video issue.

Looking at the suggested upgrades on another machine, I'm suspicious of the "linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-14-generic" update, but who knows.

Anyway, is there a command string to roll back updates I've done in Adept?

Also, is there any documentation on Adept that would show the command strings? I have not been able to find any.

[Snowhog]

Re: Dead After Update

While not an exact 'proof' that the kernel upgrade is the problem, reboot and select the previous kernel to boot from (should be the third menu item). If using the previous kernel works ....

[CentaurHauler]

Re: Dead After Update

Thanks for the suggestion Paul, but there are no new entries in the boot list.

[dibl]

Re: Dead After Update

Possibly something went fubar with the X server. To test that possibility, (and doing these things in the CLI, obviously), first back up your current xorg.conf file with

sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.14dec07

Then configure a VESA display using the xserver-xorg script:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Choose "no" to autodetecting, and choose "vesa" on the second question, and then proceed with default answers until you get to the screen resolution, where you can pick just the one that you like best, and then choose safe refresh ranges for your monitor, and when you finish it will dump you back to the CLI. Enter

startx

and see what happens. If the GUI desktop appears and runs correctly, log out and restart the system and see if you get the graphical login.

If that all works, then you're back to installing your usual video driver, if it happens not to be VESA.

[CentaurHauler]

Re: Dead After Update

Dibl - well, I can try that, but when I've had trouble with xorg.conf before, it will go through the login screen, then go blank. This just locks up with the background on the screen. It feels different somehow.

Is there no way to roll back adept changes?