Terminal problem

[George Warburton]

I have tried to upgrade from Mint 18.3 to 19 and failed. The instructions necessitate more or less constant use of the Terminal.

I decided to try again but the Terminal will not open up.

Any ideas will be appreciated.

 

[wizardfromoz]

Hi George and welcome to linux.org

I wonder if you can tell us a bit more about your environment, for example

• Computer brand and model number
• Are you running Mint alongside Windows (if so, which Windows) or is it the only OS on your system?
• Hard drive size and RAM (memory)
• In Mint, do you run a Home folder or do you have a separate Home partition?

etcetera.

What I am thinking is whether it may be simplest to perform a full, clean install of 'Tara' over your 'Sylvia', and if so, whether you need to safeguard personal data &c.

Is the rest of your current install running OK, can you access Terminal via Ctrl-Alt-t ?

You get the picture. See what you can come back with and I or others will do our best to help.

Cheers

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz ... that's DownUnder, Mate

 

[Condobloke]

G'day George,

Did you establish a system snapshot using Timeshift, ....before you started the upgrade procedure ?

 

[wizardfromoz]

Could you explain please?

Wizard