[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu - Newbie help

[S Gantayet]

On Saturday 09 June 2007 10:09, mehul wrote:
> On 6/9/07, sameer khedekar <samkhed at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > Im a newbie to Ubuntu. I had installed  Ubuntu 6.04 on my pc and it was
> > working fine. I had also installed Beryl and it was working awsome.
> >
> > But yesterday I tried to upgrade to 7.04 through the internet and it
> > failed I think. cuz i clicked upgrade online and it showed it would take
> > an hour so i left my machine to do it. and when i came back to check,
> > some things had failed to download but it said upgrading but now in grub
> > it shows Ubuntu kernel 2.3.20.16 and my older ones as 2.6.17.11 &
> > 2.6.17.10 but when i boot into anyone it gives a blank ubuntu desktop
> > screen where only crtl + alt + backspace works and nothing else is
> > visible.
> >
> > So can anyone help me fix this issue or do i have to do a reinstall ?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Sameer (newbie)
>
> Try going to tty1 by pressing ctrl + alt + F1, then follow the method 2
> described in this article
> http://www.ubuntugeek.com/upgrade-ubuntu-610-edgy-eft-to-ubuntu-704-feisty-
>fawn-2.html
>
> And please start a new query in a fresh email don't reuse an old email.
> Also, if you want to send emails to the list, it would be better to receive
> mails individually rather than in digest mode.

The OP tried upgrading from 6.04 to 7.04 directly.

One cannot upgrade 6.04(Dapper) to 7.04 (Feisty) - or atleast not 
recommended - do not know if someone has thought of a work around.

You have to first upgrade to 6.10 than to 7.04
6.04 -> 6.10 -> 7.04

Best option - boot from a live CD, back up your data and do a fresh install 
using the easily available 7.04 CD 
- gunzz