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Re: I upgraded from jessie to stretch and messed up I used the dist-upgrade command....



On Mon, 8 Jun 2015 16:35:16 -0600
Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:

> Michael Fothergill wrote:
> > I can boot in recovery mode but if I do that as root if I run
> > aptitude it doesn't download packages - I think there is no
> > internet connection being made.
> 
> That makes me think you are running NetworkManager.  By default it
> seems to want the desktop user to start networking.
> 
> Try using the network manage command line client to start networking.
> I can't suggest a command as I am not running NetworkManager (due to
> problems such as these) and therefore don't know the command line to
> suggest.  Others may be able to help better.

nmcli(1) might be helpful. "nmcli device" will show network devices,
and whether or not they are connected.

Petter

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