Re: [xubuntu-users] Screen blank during version upgrade

2016-02-07 Thread Peter Flynn
On 07/02/16 19:20, Tim Preston wrote: > I have the exact same issue on my laptop and desktop while attempting to > do the same thing. even trying a fresh 15.10 install wasn't working for me Does the screen light up at all when you power up? Or is it permanently dead. If it's always black, you

Re: [xubuntu-users] Screen blank during version upgrade

2016-02-07 Thread Tim Preston
on the laptop it remains black, but i managed to get it working again with a nuke and pave of xubunutu 14.04  Welcome to the zoo On Sunday, February 7, 2016 3:46 PM, Peter Flynn wrote: On 07/02/16 19:20, Tim Preston wrote: > I have the exact same issue on my laptop

Re: [xubuntu-users] Screen blank during version upgrade

2016-02-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 7 Feb 2016 20:46:20 +, Peter Flynn wrote: >This ran, but with some messages about missing configs, unresolved >dependencies etc -- I have seen these before in a normal upgrade to >15.10, so I think they are bugs rather than a breakage on my system. > >Finally it finished and I rebooted

[xubuntu-users] Screen blank during version upgrade

2016-02-07 Thread Peter Flynn
I kicked off an upgrade on my laptop from 14.04 to 15.50 today and it was all going well (half-way through the installation part) until my screen went black (I had disabled the screensaver before I started). The system is still running: I can log into it with ssh, and all the expected upgrade