Well, after some poking around I finally solved the problem.... 1. The onboard nic was not dead, just a little confused. 2. The problem was in /etc/fstab in this line //192.168.25.105/orca /home/share cifs file_mode=0644,dir_mode=0755,uid=1000,gid=1000,rw 0 0 I found these errors in the logs - CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -6
When I commented out the line above in /etc/fstab, everything started working again. The network mount was for a NAS that turned out not to work very well, so I removed it from the network and must have forgotten to comment out that line in /etc/fstab. I hate it when things like that come back to haunt you years later..... Mark On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Peter Viskup <skupko...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/24/2013 05:51 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> Peter, >> >> Can I access the log if I boot the machine with a live cd of some kind? >> >> Mark >> > > Hello Mark, > read the release notes first and think about what you did wrong. > > I do not know how you proceed with the upgrade, but yes there are paths > like these: > /var/log/dpkg.log > /var/log/aptitude > /var/log/apt/ > > The quickest solution will be to restore package states using the commands > 'dpkg --get-selections' and 'dpkg --set-selections'. Or simply install all > the missing ones - once you remember what packages you installed on the > system before. Some of these procedures are documented in the release notes > - therefore I highly recommend you to read it. > You can use the Debian installation CD/DVD and boot into 'rescue mode'. > > -- > Peter >
