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seaeagle



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:19 am    Post subject: Fix for faulty update issued by Ubuntu

Did you upgrade your Ubuntu the other day & now find that you can't access the graphical interface? Here's the fix:

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FixForUpgradeIssue - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings

An update was released for Dapper on 21 August 2006 UTC, which has been found to cause problems on certain systems.

A subsequent update published 17 hours later corrects this, so if your system is fully up to date now and you have no obvious graphical system failures, then you are highly unlikely to be affected. However, delays to the system of update distribution mean that you should make sure you have fully updated before rebooting your computer. You can read more about the issue to ensure you will not be affected, and learn what steps we are taking to ensure this does not happen again.

If you have been affected by this bug, you will see a screen similar to the following when booting your computer:



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(go to FixForUpgradeIssue for the rest)
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Ray2047



Joined: Nov 01, 2003
Posts: 766



PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:25 am    Post subject: Re: Fix for faulty update issued by Ubuntu [Login to view extended thread Info.]

Gee, Linux gets more Windows like everyday. Smile
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