Upgrade to Debian testing hosed my system

[Stephen]

it is interesting to note that it responds to ping, so networking is coming
up.

the alt F1-F6 is a godsend if it responds. or you can try to blindly start
sshd from login. and see if it comes up. (i have had to do this before)


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Carruth, Rusty <
Rusty.Carruth at smartstoragesys.com> wrote:

> If you hit control-alt-F1 (or F2 or … all the way to F6) do you see
> anything?****
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> What happens on the monitor while you boot?****
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> I’ve seen cases (personally) where an install decides the monitor can do
> more than it can (and I think I had an upgrade do that once also), leaving
> you with a dead monitor.****
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> However, given that you cannot ssh into it I’ll bet that won’t be the case
> - but hopefully you can see something on the monitor as it boots…****
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> Rusty****
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> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org [mailto:
> plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Mark Phillips
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:21 AM
> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: Upgrade to Debian testing hosed my system****
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> Mike,****
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> Unfortunately, there is still no signal after a hard reboot. If there
> were, then I would do what you suggest. ****
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> Any ideas on how I can determine what is wrong by using something like a
> knoppix cd?****
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> Mark****
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> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon at gmail.com>
> wrote:****
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> If there is no signal to the monitor with the box "up" I would reboot it.*
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> From there you'll need to figure out if the boot loader is intact or not.
> If it is you can boot into single user mode and try to figure out what's
> going on with the box. If you do not get the boot loader now we're talking
> about a repair to either the loader or the system as a whole using a disc
> or memory stick.****
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> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/grub-boot-into-single-user-mode/****
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> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
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> I used aptitude to upgrade a headless server from Debian stable to Debian
> testing. The upgrade did not generate any error messages, but when I
> rebooted I could not ssh into the box (connection refused) nor do I get any
> output on a monitor I attached to the box (no signal). Apache does not
> appear to be running either on the box (could not connect to the box). I
> can successfully ping the box.****
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> Any suggestions on how to fix this this server would be greatly
> appreciated!****
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> Thanks,****
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> Mark ****
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