[SOLVED] Re: Login issue 4.7

[Georgi Kourtev]

On Tuesday 09 August 2011 20:42:21 O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 09/08/2011 19:25, Georgi Kourtev wrote:
> > Thanks. I tried and when pressing enter nothing happens.
> > Gk
> > 
> > На 09.08.2011 18:28 "Waleed Hamra" <kubuntu-users at whamra.com
> > 
> > <mailto:kubuntu-users at whamra.com>> написа:
> >  > On 08/09/2011 01:57 PM, Georgi Kourtev wrote:
> >  >> Apparently the update was finished as both aptitude and apt-get say
> >  >> zero items to install.
> >  >> Gk
> >  >> На 09.08.2011 10:34 "Mark Fraser" <ubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk
> > 
> > <mailto:ubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk>> написа:
> >  >>> On Tuesday 09 Aug 2011 08:19:11 Alvin wrote:
> >  >>>> On Tuesday 09 August 2011 10:06:01 Georgi Kourtev wrote:
> >  >>>>> Hi all. My upgrade was interrupted by power failure. After
> > 
> > resuming and
> > 
> >  >>>>> finishing all, I cannot login in X. After input of the password I
> > 
> > have
> > 
> >  >>>>> the splash screen and only two of the icons appear - the disc one
> >  >>>>> and setting one. After that the PC freezes. I even tried to
> >  >>>>> startx from konsole with the same result.
> >  >>>> 
> >  >>>> Can we assume that the upgrade didn't finish, and that finishing
> > 
> > it will
> > 
> >  >>>> fix everything?
> >  >>>> 
> >  >>>> In that case, try this:
> >  >>>> # aptitude install
> >  >>> 
> >  >>> Provided aptitude is installed of course, as it hasn't been
> > 
> > installed by
> > 
> >  >>> default for a while.
> >  >>> apt-get dist-upgrade or even apt-get -f install?
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> >  > try the following command in the (net)root shell:
> >  > dpkg --configure -a
> >  > 
> >  > --
> >  > Waleed K. Hamra
> >  > Manager of Hamra Information Systems
> 
> Nothing??? If you did not get to a root shell then perhaps try "sudo
> dpkg --configure -a" but otherwise it should go through a process of
> either telling you all is well or trying to sort out "left over"
> configurations.
> 
> I would log in to a recovery shell, do "sudo apt-get update" followed by
> "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" (or is that full-upgrade, can not remember)
> and then finally "sudo dpkg --configure -a". Then reboot and pray.

When attached to a cable internet connection, I run apt-get update and about 
40 packages appeared -- some plasma related.  When upgraded, all works fine.  
It seems that indeed not all packages were downloaded and due to my lack of 
knowledge on how to connect the wifi through terminal I couldn't fetch these.

Thanks, folks!
gk