Problems with kubuntu 11.04

[fabio2]

Hi,

I owe a Dell 1520 Inspiron laptop, and last month I made the upgrade from kubuntu 10.10 to 11.04.

When the installing process was at a percentage of 94%, suddlenly it stopped, therefore I off the laptop and on it, gettino two blue flashing lights, namely the upper case lock and the scrolling lock. I off it and on it again, and this time I was able to start the session , but through a login by command line. Moreover I had other problems, such as having the mouse not working if I used the Konsole utilities, and also there was no more audio working.

Someone gave me the following commandlus changing the new user(what, actually I have not yeat tried)
sudo apt-get -f install

I tried and I got the folowing message:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem
It was told me to follow the message namely:
sudo dpkg --configure -a and after the above command.

I did but I got a truly mess:
I got the following message:

== Default setting
== Logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
== using Config.file:"etc/X11/xorg.conf"
== using system config.directory "usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
EE NVIDIA: failed to laod NVIDIA kernel
EE check your system's kernel log for additional error messages
EE failed to load module "NVIDIA"
EE No drrivers available
Fatal server error: no screens found
unable to connect to Xserver: connection refused.



Now when on the computer after the login given by command line (namely sudo startx), there are no more blue flashing lights, for a while there is a blue screen, and four dots, flashing alternatively, that is when the system is being load, but shorly after I have no graphic interface at all. I am able to get into the system, namely opening files, text files, but only by command line which is not very useful.

When I off the laptop, I have to do it by giving the sudo halt command again there is the four blue dots flashing alternatively, that is when the system is closing down.

I tried to run these commands:
sudo apt-get remove -- purge xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get install xserver-org
and then:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

But all this in vain.

It’s clear that there must be something wrong within the Xorg.conf file, or at least it has to be set, but what????

Is there anyone able to help me?

[hgfire1]

I am no expert when it comes to Linux but viewing the problems you have had to this point, I would do a fresh install. Download or have a friend download the ISO image, burn it to Disc. Wipe the existing partitions of linux and swap, then do a clean install.

Since you had powered down and back on during the first upgrade, that concerns me. A fresh install would be less painful and a whole lot easier.

[SkittleLinux18]

I agree, you should do a fresh install. By the sounds of it, you don't have a full install of either version of kubuntu. You have part of one and part of another. And more than likely, you probably have several broken packages, too. By the time you remove/install all the packages you would need to, you would have been better off reinstalling. If you're concerned about losing data, then back it up. The easiest way to do that in your case, since you have no GUI, is to boot into the Kubuntu 11.04 LiveCD you would be using to install Kubuntu with. But before you install anything, use the file manager to copy files onto a spare drive.

Good luck. I did something similar as you back in '07 with PCLinuxOS-2007. It was a mess. Truly, I feel your pain right now.

[fabio2]

Thank You very much for your advice, but I have a little problem to sort out before I am able to follow it.
Namely, since usually I use Dolphin for copying files and rarely by command line, what is the label, the name of the usb and cdrome port since I have no idea.
Do you know how to discover it?
Thank you very much!!!
Fabio2

[SkittleLinux18]

If you use Dolphin, it will show up in the left-hand column. Usually as the size of the usb drive or sometimes the name of the medium. If it isn't showing up there, browse your /media folder.

[fabio2]

Thank you very much but I have a problem: I am able to work only by command line. Dolphin needs a graphic card working, that I do not have, therefore the command line is my only option.
Thank you for your help anyway

Bye bye
fabio2

[SkittleLinux18]

Oh, well you didn't explain that before. You can find out your usb location via command line by typing

sudo cd /media

Then, once in that folder, type

ls

Once you locate your usb folder, go back to the folder(s) that have all the files you want to back up and copy them to your usb folder.

So let's say you have a Pictures folder in your home folder than you want to copy to your usb drive. First, go to the location of that directory by typing

cd /home/[your username]

Then copy the folder by typing

sudo cp -r /home/[your username]/Pictures /media/[usb device]

You always list the source folder first, then the destination folder. And you type "-r" because that stands for recursively, which means every file and folder in your Pictures folder will copy over as well.