somguy2u
May 1st, 2008, 01:31 PM
i have been using 7.10 since christmas flawlessly,and when i tried to upgrade the installation froze on me.
I rebooted and used recovery mode to finish the install using:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
once this was completed i rebooted. the Grub menu now shows two versions of 8.04 with their respected recovery consoles along with the windows boot options.
either one that i chose had errors in the xserver and i followed the on screen instructions to fix it, rebooted (still have the crazy GRUB problem). i get to the login screen fine, enter the information and it logs in. screen goes white, no icons, no bars, nothing. somehow i guess a lot of my settings remained, i hit the Email button on my keyboard and evolution comes up, same with the audio key, audacious comes up, and all the other things. but resolution is a very small number and there are no icons, no menu's and i have no idea what to do from here.
i searched but i couldn't find anyone that had a similar problem, if i wasn't searching for the right thing, as i have no idea how to explain this in the search bar,if you could post me to the link i would appreciate it. i'm frustrated. any help? :confused:
I rebooted and used recovery mode to finish the install using:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
once this was completed i rebooted. the Grub menu now shows two versions of 8.04 with their respected recovery consoles along with the windows boot options.
either one that i chose had errors in the xserver and i followed the on screen instructions to fix it, rebooted (still have the crazy GRUB problem). i get to the login screen fine, enter the information and it logs in. screen goes white, no icons, no bars, nothing. somehow i guess a lot of my settings remained, i hit the Email button on my keyboard and evolution comes up, same with the audio key, audacious comes up, and all the other things. but resolution is a very small number and there are no icons, no menu's and i have no idea what to do from here.
i searched but i couldn't find anyone that had a similar problem, if i wasn't searching for the right thing, as i have no idea how to explain this in the search bar,if you could post me to the link i would appreciate it. i'm frustrated. any help? :confused: