instead of comparing xorg files, I'd want to get it to try to automagically configure stuff fresh, maybe with a *sudo dpkg-reconfigure xorg* and a *sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade* Maybe try dpkg-reconfiguring your window manager (unity?) -- did it disable the universe or multiverse for the upgrade and do you need to reenable it? Check your /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
Did you do the upgrade to 16.04 by manually editing the sources, or did you use the tool in the Software Center, or did you do-release-upgrade from the command line? On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Michael Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I got to thinking after I started I shouldn't have done that. > Everything has been packed away for almost a year. It seems I've forgotten > more than I remember. A new hard drive is probably in order. I'll have to > compare Xorg files and look at drivers loaded between the two versions. > Just have to remember how to do all that. > > Michael > > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Edward Koenig <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Michael > > If the new version boots and you can ssh to log in, then most likely > > either X.org or a GPU driver did not update fully or correctly. This is > > very typical for proprietary nvidia drivers, or any proprietary hardware > > drivers that install a kernel module. You might try using the command > line > > tools to reinstall the GPU and X bits. I'm not sure it Ubuntu switched > to > > wayland with this release so perhaps check on that. Remember to read the > > release notes etc before clicking "upgrade" > > > > Nuking from orbit, as Dick suggests after backup, will certainly work. > > Personally run a Linux distribution to avoid such "windowesque" fixes. > > > > Ed > > > > > > > On May 12, 2017, at 11:36 AM, Dick Steffens <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> On 05/12/2017 11:24 AM, Michael Barnes wrote: > > >> I rebooted again and at the grub screen chose 14.04LTS. Everything > came > > up > > >> normally. After login, I get a pop-up window that says 14.04 is out > > dated > > >> and no longer supported. Anyhow, display and everything works, so I > > know at > > >> least the hardware is okay. Shutdown and restart, let grub screen > choose > > >> default and back to blank screens. I can ssh in and shutdown from > remote > > >> session. Screens give Ubuntu shutdown splash just before power off. > > > > > > Having been on this list a fairly long time, I've followed the advice > of > > > others who say one should not use the "upgrade" path to move from one > > > Ubuntu release to another, but should start with a fresh install. I > have > > > gone from Ubuntu 10 to 12 to 14, and am slowly moving to 16. Each time > I > > > had the luxury of being able to at least put in a fresh hard drive for > > > the new version, and then mount the old hard drive to be able to copy > > > files as needed. I don't think any of the episodes has been painless, > > > since it seems there's always something big that changes so that it > > > doesn't work the way it did in the previous version, but I have always > > > been able to get past it, often with the help of folks on this list. > > > > > > So, in your case, I'd recommend using Grub to boot to your previous > > > version, find a way to back up all your important files, and install 16 > > > from scratch. Better would be to have two machines, but not everyone > has > > > that luxury. I'm happy that I do have that option this time, because > > > there are a handful of things I have yet to be able to figure out how > to > > > do in 16 that I need on at least a weekly basis, if not a daily one. > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > > > > Dick Steffens > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PLUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
