upgrade from 8.10 to 9.10 failure

[epidemiks]

Hi, I just ran the upgrade to 9.04 and didn't hang around to watch it. When I came back, the upgrade screen had gone, but it hadn't rebooted like i thought it would, i'd just lost my theming.
So I decided to reboot and grub still says 8.10, but I get the 9.04 splash screen and prompt to login.
Once I login, nothing happens, it just sits there on a beige screen.

Halp?

[Bunnybugs]

Have you already tried the recovery mode from grub??

Officially, you'll need to update to jauntu (9.04) first, before upgrading to karmic (9.10)

[epidemiks]

Have you already tried the recovery mode from grub??

Officially, you'll need to update to jauntu (9.04) first, before upgrading to karmic (9.10)


No, it was very late so I just posted this thread and hit the hay. It'll be the first thing i try when i get home.

OK, I was infact upgrading to 9.04 - i just did it from the update manager's new distribution button. All these 9.10 threads must have confused me in my delerium.

[epidemiks]

OK! ran the recovery mode> dpkg = all good! thanks for your help bunnybugs