I started to reply, but then deleted it, but any way:
Postby entropic » 2017-07-04 06:07
Well this is what i did:
dist-upgrade following a guide on the web
This is to vague, What guide, where ?
What i mean is that if i "hide" something it's in complete "bona fide" and not on purpose.
It is not so much that any one thinks you are deliberately trying to hide anything,
but you are not giving any real details.
Use code boxes, to show exactly what commands you used to do the
upgrade, what version of Debian you upgraded from ?
Shutting down the computer in the middle of it probably has left it
in a UN-use able state.
i want to learn "debugging" so i will appreciate if someone can tell me where and what i have to look.
The first step in trouble shooting is to have notes, on exactly what you did.
Did you take any notes ?
How to trouble shoot a failed upgrade on Debian 9
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https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi ... te.en.html
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i want to learn "debugging" on a Debian system
Also now, there are starting to be various questions, 1 question at a time
is better.
Your sources.list file, located in :
may be revealing.
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Just a question : how and why you can tell this is a different matter than upgrading where do you can "read" this?
Because on a correctly configured system, and if it does not have any packages
from out side of the Debian repositories, the upgrade should go smoothly.
There could be other factors involved, but without any details on the original system, we can only guess. When people do not include any details, it appears
they are "hiding"something, maybe it is not deliberate, but that still does not
change the fact that the person with the problem is not telling everything we need to know.
I also don't have the patience to play the "pry the details" game, and 20 questions,.. try looking up some of the questions by doing some searches.
Well this is what i did:
dist-upgrade following a guide on the web
Knowing what guide you followed, from where would help , there are many blogs and guides, and many are totally wrong.
Other are good, but you might not have followed the steps accurately, we don't know, because you have not told us exactly what steps you followed.
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Probably the best thing you can do, use the backup you made before trying to upgrade to restore the system to it's original working state.
If you did not make a good back up before trying to upgrade, that indicates
you also did not really read any good documentation, because all of the good
documentation tells the person to make a good back up first.
Guess that is all for now. Multiple questions are bad, because it leads to overly long posts, trying to explain each question.
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p.s.
i couldn't ulpload any screenshot sorry for that
Usually screen shots are useless, and not necessary, but if you really
think you must show a screen shot :
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=123831
and also please read:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=131097