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  • I had the terminal running the "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" command quite happily until I got bored and decided to see if I could make the display go all green and black so I looked like even more of a geek - I don't know who to considering it was now 2:30am in the morning!

    Archive 2007-05-01 Mike Rouse 2007

  • While the dist-upgrade ran I surfed a bit in another virtual screen, and suddenly I discovered my window managed had frozen and I couldn't use the keyboard to switch to a text console.

    The joy of computers. magnio 2007

  • I had the terminal running the "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade" command quite happily until I got bored and decided to see if I could make the display go all green and black so I looked like even more of a geek - I don't know who to considering it was now 2:30am in the morning!

    Broken, Fixed, Broken, Fixed! Mike Rouse 2007

  • After a while I decided to reboot, silently hoping the dist-upgrade had finished or at least wasn't in the middle of an important package.

    The joy of computers. magnio 2007

  • I just leaving to the packagers on debian testing … a quick apt-get update/apt-get dist-upgrade and confirming the upgrade does it for me!

    WordPress 2.0.3 Released 2006

  • After an unfortunate dist-upgrade, I was left with a horribly broken GNOME install and no easy way of getting back.

    stonetable.org » 2004 » April 2004

  • After an unfortunate dist-upgrade, I was left with a horribly broken GNOME install and no easy way of getting back.

    stonetable.org » apt-checkpoint (The anti-whiprush) 2004

  • If you'll recall, my Lenny-to-Squeeze dist-upgrade debacle is what led me here in the first place.

    LXer Linux News Steven Rosenberg 2010

  • Otherwise, if you are using KDE SC 4. 4.x, you have to add the Kubuntu Beta Backports PPA and do a dist-upgrade. sudo add-apt-repository ppa: kubuntu-ppa/beta sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

    Techie Buzz 2010

  • Did an apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade yesterday, and now, I get to the login screen, click my username (up to which point everything works perfectly), and then it freezes, and crashes.

    Ubuntu Forums The Real Dave 2010

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