8.10 upgrade fails PC hangs on reboot

[rogkmyers]

So when you reach at the point of getting stucked at:

"Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)"

Press Ctrl Alt F1 to get to the console, login, and then write:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

I tried that - now i get a whole bunch of "failed to fetch errors" when i try to "apt-get update"

any ideas?..

my mirror is optus.net (in Australia)

edit --> OK i jsut ran ifconfig - I am not connected to my network - this could be a problem . anyone tell me how to get my DHCP working so i can get an address on the network?

Roger

[kkhue]

I tried that - now i get a whole bunch of "failed to fetch errors" when i try to "apt-get update"

any ideas?..

my mirror is optus.net (in Australia)

edit --> OK i jsut ran ifconfig - I am not connected to my network - this could be a problem . anyone tell me how to get my DHCP working so i can get an address on the network?

Roger

same thing happens to me, don't have network at that point

[rogkmyers]

ok im half way there!

firstly to get an ip

sudo dhclient eth1

or eth0 maybe if you are that way inclined

then run the

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

mine is still going as i type

then i guess run the

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


roger

will report back soon

[PerePipirimosca]

Even same to me on a second computer I am upgrading

no network at all

[HappyLellow]

PerePipirimosca, thank you so much for you complete answer. Now I'm in the same point of rogkmyers, I can't do the apt-get update without network.

I must keep trying, I guess

[rogkmyers]

Even same to me on a second computer I am upgrading

no network at all

did you try the:

sudo dhclient eth1

?

[rogkmyers]

You have to laugh, or you'll cry.... I got through the apt-get dist-upgrade bit, now i have a log in screen, but my keyboard and mouse arent working....

qq for me

[PerePipirimosca]

Thanks roger, network works! =D>

About mouse and keyboard, give a try to "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"

[Cod]

I have the same problem as everybody else on this thread. My older, less important, laptop updated just fine. So I tried updating my work one and got the error.

I am now following the advice of PerePipirimosca (to use apt-get) and rogkmyers (on how to get a network connection). Thanks to the pair of you.

I ran apt-get update and found that over 400 packages needed to be installed. This makes sense as when I updated my older machine it downloaded hundreds of packages before clearing out old ones. When I updated the newer machine it downloaded only about 3 and spent hours clearing out old ones.

I'm still in the process of downloading the 400 packages but I will post again to let people know if it solves the problem (if anyone cares).

[rogkmyers]

Thanks roger, network works! =D>

About mouse and keyboard, give a try to "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"

PerePipirimosca - I rebooted! that fixed the problem.

So I can currently log in --- but I am still on an old kernel - I'm further along than I was, but I'm still behind where I was before I upgraded....

so just to recap for those of you who came straight to this end of the thread.

1. ctrl alt F1 - to get to a login
2. sudo dhclient eth1 ---> to get an IP address
3. sudo apt-get update
4. sudo apt-get upgrade
5. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

lost keyboard and mouse on login screen, rebooted, got back k/board and mouse, logged in to a system full of error reports!!!!

hope someone out there is having more luck than me.

Thanks for all the help so far guys - go team!!!

Roger