After Linux Mint update, numerous problems ...

[joe at actionline.com]

So I ran: sudo apt dist-upgrade again and got this result:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

197 additional updates are available with UA Infrastructure ESM.
To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable
See https://ubuntu.com/advantage or run: sudo ua status

Then I ran sudo apt list --upgradable
and got the long list of options that one sees when
running sudo apt full-upgrade

But I don't know which of those options I should try to use
or how to use them (in what sequence).


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> I did the apt dist-upgrade and got these error messages:
> 
> Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.0-148-generic 
> (x86_64)
> Error! Module version 4.3.40_Ubuntu for vboxguest.ko
> Error! Module version 4.3.40_Ubuntu for vboxsf.ko
> Error! Module version 4.3.40_Ubuntu for vboxvideo.ko
> Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.4.0-148-generic 
> (x86_64)
> 
> I captured and could post the entire process,
> but noticed these errors as the process scrolled by.
> 
> And, after running all this, chrome still opens to
> a blank or black screen but with the title bar showing
> the page to which it opened.
> 
> Everything was working fine before I did the first
> regular update/upgrade yesterday. Bummer.

> -------------------
> 2009-02 Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> apt upgrade only does a partial upgrade on your system and if that's
>> all you do, your system can get into a place where dependencies get
>> out of wack and the system breaks.
>> 
>> instead do:
>> apt full-upgrade
>> or
>> apt dist-upgrade