After upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04, I cannot run terminal and many apps don't load
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Having run 16.04 happily, I thought I would try an upgrade to 18.04. This went fairly smoothly.
However, now I notice many issues, which are stopping the system working well. One main one is that when I try to run terminal, this never loads.
I wonder if it is because I was running the gnome interface in 16.04, as I couldn't get on with the unity interface.
Should I try to remove the 16.04 gnome interface, or will that cause more issues?
Any help would be most appreciated.
16.04 unity gnome upgrade 18.04
asked Oct 19 '18 at 13:47
DinghySailorDinghySailor
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Having run 16.04 happily, I thought I would try an upgrade to 18.04. This went fairly smoothly.
However, now I notice many issues, which are stopping the system working well. One main one is that when I try to run terminal, this never loads.
I wonder if it is because I was running the gnome interface in 16.04, as I couldn't get on with the unity interface.
Should I try to remove the 16.04 gnome interface, or will that cause more issues?
Any help would be most appreciated.
16.04 unity gnome upgrade 18.04
asked Oct 19 '18 at 13:47
DinghySailorDinghySailor
12
what made you not do a fresh boot install? This problem occurred to me when upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04. I highly recommend you to do a fresh install or you will purge every single package from previous version manually.
– Shaze
Oct 19 '18 at 13:50
Try this... at the login screen, select your username, then click the cog wheel icon, then selectUbuntu, then enter your password. If that works, let me know, and I'll write this as an answer that you can formally accept. Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Oct 19 '18 at 14:24
Many thanks for all the help. I tried logging in and using the cog to log in under Ubuntu, but that meant I couldn't use anything, and all I could do was to log out and back in - and then I was able to run terminal. I did then try to run the commands outlined by Shaze (many thanks) and I saw that my files were as they should be. It is good to know that I did have Bionic Beaver installed, and that I will be notified of LTS versions. My thanks again.
– DinghySailor
Oct 22 '18 at 14:25
add a comment |
Having run 16.04 happily, I thought I would try an upgrade to 18.04. This went fairly smoothly.
However, now I notice many issues, which are stopping the system working well. One main one is that when I try to run terminal, this never loads.
I wonder if it is because I was running the gnome interface in 16.04, as I couldn't get on with the unity interface.
Should I try to remove the 16.04 gnome interface, or will that cause more issues?
Any help would be most appreciated.
16.04 unity gnome upgrade 18.04
asked Oct 19 '18 at 13:47
DinghySailorDinghySailor
12
Having run 16.04 happily, I thought I would try an upgrade to 18.04. This went fairly smoothly.
However, now I notice many issues, which are stopping the system working well. One main one is that when I try to run terminal, this never loads.
I wonder if it is because I was running the gnome interface in 16.04, as I couldn't get on with the unity interface.
Should I try to remove the 16.04 gnome interface, or will that cause more issues?
Any help would be most appreciated.
16.04 unity gnome upgrade 18.04
16.04 unity gnome upgrade 18.04
asked Oct 19 '18 at 13:47
DinghySailorDinghySailor
12
asked Oct 19 '18 at 13:47
DinghySailorDinghySailor
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asked Oct 19 '18 at 13:47
DinghySailorDinghySailor
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asked Oct 19 '18 at 13:47
DinghySailorDinghySailor
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asked Oct 19 '18 at 13:47
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what made you not do a fresh boot install? This problem occurred to me when upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04. I highly recommend you to do a fresh install or you will purge every single package from previous version manually.
– Shaze
Oct 19 '18 at 13:50
Try this... at the login screen, select your username, then click the cog wheel icon, then selectUbuntu, then enter your password. If that works, let me know, and I'll write this as an answer that you can formally accept. Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Oct 19 '18 at 14:24
Many thanks for all the help. I tried logging in and using the cog to log in under Ubuntu, but that meant I couldn't use anything, and all I could do was to log out and back in - and then I was able to run terminal. I did then try to run the commands outlined by Shaze (many thanks) and I saw that my files were as they should be. It is good to know that I did have Bionic Beaver installed, and that I will be notified of LTS versions. My thanks again.
– DinghySailor
Oct 22 '18 at 14:25
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what made you not do a fresh boot install? This problem occurred to me when upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04. I highly recommend you to do a fresh install or you will purge every single package from previous version manually.
– Shaze
Oct 19 '18 at 13:50
Try this... at the login screen, select your username, then click the cog wheel icon, then selectUbuntu, then enter your password. If that works, let me know, and I'll write this as an answer that you can formally accept. Report back to @heynnema
– heynnema
Oct 19 '18 at 14:24
Many thanks for all the help. I tried logging in and using the cog to log in under Ubuntu, but that meant I couldn't use anything, and all I could do was to log out and back in - and then I was able to run terminal. I did then try to run the commands outlined by Shaze (many thanks) and I saw that my files were as they should be. It is good to know that I did have Bionic Beaver installed, and that I will be notified of LTS versions. My thanks again.
– DinghySailor
Oct 22 '18 at 14:25
what made you not do a fresh boot install? This problem occurred to me when upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04. I highly recommend you to do a fresh install or you will purge every single package from previous version manually.
– Shaze
Oct 19 '18 at 13:50
what made you not do a fresh boot install? This problem occurred to me when upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04. I highly recommend you to do a fresh install or you will purge every single package from previous version manually.
– Shaze
Oct 19 '18 at 13:50
Try this... at the login screen, select your username, then click the cog wheel icon, then select
Ubuntu, then enter your password. If that works, let me know, and I'll write this as an answer that you can formally accept. Report back to @heynnema– heynnema
Oct 19 '18 at 14:24
Try this... at the login screen, select your username, then click the cog wheel icon, then select
Ubuntu, then enter your password. If that works, let me know, and I'll write this as an answer that you can formally accept. Report back to @heynnema– heynnema
Oct 19 '18 at 14:24
Many thanks for all the help. I tried logging in and using the cog to log in under Ubuntu, but that meant I couldn't use anything, and all I could do was to log out and back in - and then I was able to run terminal. I did then try to run the commands outlined by Shaze (many thanks) and I saw that my files were as they should be. It is good to know that I did have Bionic Beaver installed, and that I will be notified of LTS versions. My thanks again.
– DinghySailor
Oct 22 '18 at 14:25
Many thanks for all the help. I tried logging in and using the cog to log in under Ubuntu, but that meant I couldn't use anything, and all I could do was to log out and back in - and then I was able to run terminal. I did then try to run the commands outlined by Shaze (many thanks) and I saw that my files were as they should be. It is good to know that I did have Bionic Beaver installed, and that I will be notified of LTS versions. My thanks again.
– DinghySailor
Oct 22 '18 at 14:25
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Did you run this command after the following steps? -
This should be your last step - sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Step 1: Update Ubuntu 16.04 Server
Before upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, you should first update the current 16.04. It’s recommended to update/upgrade all installed packages before upgrading. To update Ubuntu, connect to the server and run the commands below:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade && sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt autoclean -y
Step 2: Install Ubuntu Update Manager
After updating Ubuntu 16.04 server, run the commands below to install update-manager-core if it is not already installed.
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
Then open the update-manager configuration file and make sure the Prompt line is set to lts
sudo nano /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
Confirm that the Prompt is equal lts
Default behavior for the release upgrader.
[DEFAULT]
# Default prompting behavior, valid options:
#
# never - Never check for a new release.
# normal - Check to see if a new release is available. If more than one new
# release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to
# the release that immediately succeeds the currently-running
# release.
# lts - Check to see if a new LTS release is available. The upgrader
# will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after
# the currently-running one. Note that this option should not be
# used if the currently-running release is not itself an LTS
# release, since in that case the upgrader won't be able to
# determine if a newer release is available.
Prompt=lts
If not, change it to lts and save the file.
Step 3: Perform Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Upgrade
Now that your system is ready, run the commands below to begin Ubuntu upgrade to the latest development release..
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
answered Oct 19 '18 at 13:56
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I tried the steps above suggested by Shaze but it did not work for me. Is there anything else we could try? My preference is not to do a full new install since i would then lose all my applications and data.
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Did you run this command after the following steps? -
This should be your last step - sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Step 1: Update Ubuntu 16.04 Server
Before upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, you should first update the current 16.04. It’s recommended to update/upgrade all installed packages before upgrading. To update Ubuntu, connect to the server and run the commands below:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade && sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt autoclean -y
Step 2: Install Ubuntu Update Manager
After updating Ubuntu 16.04 server, run the commands below to install update-manager-core if it is not already installed.
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
Then open the update-manager configuration file and make sure the Prompt line is set to lts
sudo nano /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
Confirm that the Prompt is equal lts
Default behavior for the release upgrader.
[DEFAULT]
# Default prompting behavior, valid options:
#
# never - Never check for a new release.
# normal - Check to see if a new release is available. If more than one new
# release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to
# the release that immediately succeeds the currently-running
# release.
# lts - Check to see if a new LTS release is available. The upgrader
# will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after
# the currently-running one. Note that this option should not be
# used if the currently-running release is not itself an LTS
# release, since in that case the upgrader won't be able to
# determine if a newer release is available.
Prompt=lts
If not, change it to lts and save the file.
Step 3: Perform Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Upgrade
Now that your system is ready, run the commands below to begin Ubuntu upgrade to the latest development release..
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
answered Oct 19 '18 at 13:56
ShazeShaze
1666
add a comment |
Did you run this command after the following steps? -
This should be your last step - sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Step 1: Update Ubuntu 16.04 Server
Before upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, you should first update the current 16.04. It’s recommended to update/upgrade all installed packages before upgrading. To update Ubuntu, connect to the server and run the commands below:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade && sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt autoclean -y
Step 2: Install Ubuntu Update Manager
After updating Ubuntu 16.04 server, run the commands below to install update-manager-core if it is not already installed.
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
Then open the update-manager configuration file and make sure the Prompt line is set to lts
sudo nano /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
Confirm that the Prompt is equal lts
Default behavior for the release upgrader.
[DEFAULT]
# Default prompting behavior, valid options:
#
# never - Never check for a new release.
# normal - Check to see if a new release is available. If more than one new
# release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to
# the release that immediately succeeds the currently-running
# release.
# lts - Check to see if a new LTS release is available. The upgrader
# will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after
# the currently-running one. Note that this option should not be
# used if the currently-running release is not itself an LTS
# release, since in that case the upgrader won't be able to
# determine if a newer release is available.
Prompt=lts
If not, change it to lts and save the file.
Step 3: Perform Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Upgrade
Now that your system is ready, run the commands below to begin Ubuntu upgrade to the latest development release..
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
answered Oct 19 '18 at 13:56
ShazeShaze
1666
add a comment |
Did you run this command after the following steps? -
This should be your last step - sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Step 1: Update Ubuntu 16.04 Server
Before upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, you should first update the current 16.04. It’s recommended to update/upgrade all installed packages before upgrading. To update Ubuntu, connect to the server and run the commands below:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade && sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt autoclean -y
Step 2: Install Ubuntu Update Manager
After updating Ubuntu 16.04 server, run the commands below to install update-manager-core if it is not already installed.
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
Then open the update-manager configuration file and make sure the Prompt line is set to lts
sudo nano /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
Confirm that the Prompt is equal lts
Default behavior for the release upgrader.
[DEFAULT]
# Default prompting behavior, valid options:
#
# never - Never check for a new release.
# normal - Check to see if a new release is available. If more than one new
# release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to
# the release that immediately succeeds the currently-running
# release.
# lts - Check to see if a new LTS release is available. The upgrader
# will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after
# the currently-running one. Note that this option should not be
# used if the currently-running release is not itself an LTS
# release, since in that case the upgrader won't be able to
# determine if a newer release is available.
Prompt=lts
If not, change it to lts and save the file.
Step 3: Perform Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Upgrade
Now that your system is ready, run the commands below to begin Ubuntu upgrade to the latest development release..
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
answered Oct 19 '18 at 13:56
ShazeShaze
1666
Did you run this command after the following steps? -
This should be your last step - sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Step 1: Update Ubuntu 16.04 Server
Before upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, you should first update the current 16.04. It’s recommended to update/upgrade all installed packages before upgrading. To update Ubuntu, connect to the server and run the commands below:
sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade && sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt autoclean -y
Step 2: Install Ubuntu Update Manager
After updating Ubuntu 16.04 server, run the commands below to install update-manager-core if it is not already installed.
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
Then open the update-manager configuration file and make sure the Prompt line is set to lts
sudo nano /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
Confirm that the Prompt is equal lts
Default behavior for the release upgrader.
[DEFAULT]
# Default prompting behavior, valid options:
#
# never - Never check for a new release.
# normal - Check to see if a new release is available. If more than one new
# release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to
# the release that immediately succeeds the currently-running
# release.
# lts - Check to see if a new LTS release is available. The upgrader
# will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after
# the currently-running one. Note that this option should not be
# used if the currently-running release is not itself an LTS
# release, since in that case the upgrader won't be able to
# determine if a newer release is available.
Prompt=lts
If not, change it to lts and save the file.
Step 3: Perform Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Upgrade
Now that your system is ready, run the commands below to begin Ubuntu upgrade to the latest development release..
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
answered Oct 19 '18 at 13:56
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I tried the steps above suggested by Shaze but it did not work for me. Is there anything else we could try? My preference is not to do a full new install since i would then lose all my applications and data.
answered 13 mins ago
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I tried the steps above suggested by Shaze but it did not work for me. Is there anything else we could try? My preference is not to do a full new install since i would then lose all my applications and data.
answered 13 mins ago
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I tried the steps above suggested by Shaze but it did not work for me. Is there anything else we could try? My preference is not to do a full new install since i would then lose all my applications and data.
answered 13 mins ago
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I tried the steps above suggested by Shaze but it did not work for me. Is there anything else we could try? My preference is not to do a full new install since i would then lose all my applications and data.
answered 13 mins ago
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answered 13 mins ago
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what made you not do a fresh boot install? This problem occurred to me when upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04. I highly recommend you to do a fresh install or you will purge every single package from previous version manually.
– Shaze
Oct 19 '18 at 13:50
Try this... at the login screen, select your username, then click the cog wheel icon, then select
Ubuntu, then enter your password. If that works, let me know, and I'll write this as an answer that you can formally accept. Report back to @heynnema– heynnema
Oct 19 '18 at 14:24
Many thanks for all the help. I tried logging in and using the cog to log in under Ubuntu, but that meant I couldn't use anything, and all I could do was to log out and back in - and then I was able to run terminal. I did then try to run the commands outlined by Shaze (many thanks) and I saw that my files were as they should be. It is good to know that I did have Bionic Beaver installed, and that I will be notified of LTS versions. My thanks again.
– DinghySailor
Oct 22 '18 at 14:25