The IP address is the same as before, so I don't think there are any collisions. IE, the computer name is beagle, and "ping beagle" returns the correct IP address. I will try the live cd and mnt option to report back. Thanks, Mark On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:57 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: > Weird that you can ping the box and not see anything at boot. > I'd try to rule out a duplicate IP address (as stupid as it sounds, been > there, done that...) > I'd boot the box with a Debian Live CD, then > .- mount the box Debian partition to /mnt > .- mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev > .- chroot /mnt > And begin typing 'apt-get update/apt-get upgrade' away as necessary. > YMMV... > ET > > > Mark Phillips writes: > >> 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. >> Any suggestions on how to fix this this server would be greatly >> appreciated! >> Thanks, >> Mark >> > ------------------------------**--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.**org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/**mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >