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Re: cannot access machine after apt-get dist-upgrade



On Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 11:58:55AM +0000, Robert Cates <cates58@hotmail.com> was heard to say:
> this is going to be my new server, so there's no GUI, only text mode, and 
> it gets all the way to the login prompt, but the machine will not take 
> keyboard (USB, which is what I always used) input.  As I was saying, I can 
> see during the bootup that the network cards are not started, but I can't 
> tell why, so I'm therefore also unable to access the machine per remote SSH.

  OK -- have you tried booting with init=/bin/sh?  I'm betting you still
won't be able to type, but it might be worth a try.  You could also try
booting a live CD and using it to examine the system logs for clues about
what's happening.

  Here's another thought: have you been loading the USB/network modules from
/etc/modules or from udev/hotplug?

  Daniel



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