Changing sources from "stable" to "testing" then doing upgrade but not dist-upgrade is like building half a boat then launching it. Won't go well.
Now to avoid further surprises, change sources from "testing" to "stretch".
Also learn about system backups so you can recover from mishaps like this in case you can't fix it.
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[solved] Black screen after upgrading to testing
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Re: [solved] Black screen after upgrading to testing
“ computer users can be divided into 2 categories:
Those who have lost data
...and those who have not lost data YET ” Remember to BACKUP!
Those who have lost data
...and those who have not lost data YET ” Remember to BACKUP!
Re: [solved] Black screen after upgrading to testing
Best reply in the whole thread. I don't know if you noticed that nobody mentioned it before. I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for confirming it. (I learned from it in the worst way)sunrat wrote:Changing sources from "stable" to "testing" then doing upgrade but not dist-upgrade is like building half a boat then launching it. Won't go well.
good call, thanks.sunrat wrote:Now to avoid further surprises, change sources from "testing" to "stretch".
Also a very good advice. Thank you.sunrat wrote:Also learn about system backups so you can recover from mishaps like this in case you can't fix it.
