mike Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 does anyone use Ubuntu? I just installed it on 2 computers. One works fine but the second one hangs up every time I try to get the 282 updates available. The first pc did it fine, but the 2nd just hangs. thanks in advance. ( new to Ubuntu ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Alex Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Can you please try with your own risk Reboot your box, and press ESC to enter the GRUB menu Select the previous version of the kernel xxx. rather than xxx.new - don't select the fail-safe mode. Log-in as your admin user into recovery mode Manually (re)start the upgrade via a terminal session: dpkg --configure -a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 Thanks Alex, I'll try that and let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 (edited) Thanks Alex, I'll try that and let you know. It didn't work. I tried a complete clean re-install. no good. I went to terminal to give commands, but the terminal window comes up a blank empty square on the screen and hangs. the pc is an older dell pentium III , 512 mg ram, 900 mhz - from what I can find , that should be fine as far as requirements. Edited March 31, 2009 by mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 Ok. I went to appearances, ( because the little 1 inch squares that came on everywhere the mouse sat bugged me ), and all I did was change the effects from NORMAL to NONE. She is now working fine and retrieving 283 updates. Thanks a BUNCH for the help. I am newly trying the Linux family so you will no doubt see me here again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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