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Can I update directly from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.10?

UBUNTU PROBLEMS AFTER UPDATE HELP!!?

  • ok i had an update for compiz in ubuntu 10.10 after updating it and restarting the gui wont load. i get My wallpaper and a curser and that is it. if i push the power button on My box i get the shut down window. but that is the only thing i can make work. i also have docky installed and i get a notification during boot that says docky requires window compasitioning please turn on window compositioning. i have to ui its just a wallpaper. what can i do to fix this? do i have to reinstall ubuntu?

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    Linux rarely crashes this way. Unless you went in as root and changed some major settings that failed, you may have a some hardware cards not seated properly or outright failing. Short of that, you will need to log in via a terminal (shell) and check your settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Reinstalling is not the way of Linux, although if you are unable to figure out what changed, you can do that. You can also type startx if you are already in a terminal or shell to see if you can start the window manager. Linux will output information as to what is happening in this shell, as opposed to windows where everything is hidden, and you have no clue what is happening. You can also investigate /var/log for errors regarding Xwindow to determine the issue. This can all be done without the pretty gui through the shell. Google linux commands for more information.

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sounds like compiz fusion is not working, you need a live CD to boot on and there are plenty of forums on rebuilding your linux from the live CD. I'm not sure at what level you may need to do this but I've followed this before and it worked fine. Taken from the Ubuntu forum Boot on the Live CD then open terminal type sudo mkdir /mnt/repair sudo mount /dev/?d?? /mnt/repair *noted that ?d? mean part of your ubuntu root partition....it might be sda1...or hdb1 or sdb or whatever...depend where you install your ubuntu.... sudo chroot /mnt/repair su sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo aptitude upgrade sudo apt-get -f install sudo dpkg --configure -a sudo apt-get upgrade Exit Sudo reboot

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