On Thu 09 Dec 2021 at 16:39:52 (+0200), Thanos Katsiolis wrote: > I followed the Release notes > <https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes.en.pdf> for > Debian 10, in order to update from Debian 9 to Debian 10. After running > > apt-get upgrade > > I ran > > apt full-upgrade > > to complete the update to Debian 10. While the command was running on > terminal, it switched to black background and displayed > > /dev/sda5: clean, xxxxxxx/xxxxxx files, xxxxxxx/xxxxxx blocks > [ xxxxxx] kvm: disabled by bios > [ xxxxxx] kvm: disabled by bios > [ xxxxxx] kvm: disabled by bios > [ xxxxxx] kvm: disabled by bios > [ OK ] Started Daily apt upgrade and clean activities. > > with a blinking underscore, and the upgrade is interrupted. What is this > about, and how can I proceed?
That sounds as if you might have been in X while upgrading, and dropped out into a console that was displaying the original startup messages (which look very much like my own). See §4.1.5. If you can't find a shell prompt (eg, try Ctrl-Alt-F2 etc for possible VCs) so you can carry on, it may be necessary to close down as gracefully as you are able to, and then login as root to a textual VC to carry on with the upgrade. APT is pretty clever and picking up where it left off, though you might benefit from running commands such as: # apt-get -f install # dpkg --configure --pending if things have got somewhat wedged. (See §4.5.3 and the sections around there.) Cheers, David.