Hello Debian community, Recently I needed to (to be honest, I had the *desire*) to have newer software release.
In particular I wanted to install the nautilus-nextcloud` package which is exist in my laptop with Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) (https://packages.debian.org/buster/gnome/nautilus-nextcloud), but in Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) - on my desktop - there wasn't in the basic default repositories ( and I try to have the basic installed software on my system by the official Debian repositories ). Since I'm sure there isn't : https://packages.debian.org/stretch/gnome/ I saw that in the stretch-backports repositories, there is : https://packages.debian.org/stretch-backports/gnome/nautilus-nextcloud In order not to tire you with my thoughts, I'll just tell you, at first I just wanted to install this particular package, but then I thought it was time to upgrade my entire system. But i did not follow the right path (documentation) and at the moment i have a broken system which you are having trouble getting started. So in the end, I just upgraded my whole system (or so I think anyway). # What did I do. 1. I created this file : /etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list (https://pastebin.com/raw/YM11TDer) 2. I also created this file : /etc/apt/preferences.d/89_stretch-backports_default (https://pastebin.com/raw/F6vjDEgh). and then I ran : ``` apt update && apt list --upgradable && apt dist-upgrade && apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get autoclean -y && apt-get clean ``` but before restarting the system I kept all the logging from the update and you can see it in here: https://termbin.com/op1g # The result and the weird problem. The problem is that after restarting the computer could not boot properly and especially with a graphical interface. This is where the problems begin : * https://imgur.com/a/sFJgnUh * https://imgur.com/a/uoOFVf4 * https://imgur.com/a/yTnKIfj * https://imgur.com/a/Hy2IwoF At first even from recovery mode, I had no internet. Looking and reading and as I had suspected that something might be to blame for networking (https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/390324), i went to the file `/etc/network/interfaces` and I commented out the "bridge setup", so this file now has this: https://pastebin.com/raw/8CHiwtaT See also the contents of the file `etc/gdm3/daemon.conf` ( if useful ) : https://pastebin.com/raw/4j5utUdX Because at some point in the startup, I was getting the message `firmware: failed to load rtl_nic/rtl8168f-1.fw`, I saw this solution here (https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/384411) and indeed, this message I think no longer appears. But I no longer at all to have a graphical user interface ( I use GNOME as a graphical interface - desktop environment ) - Is the docker to blame? Delete it? (No problem if I need to delete it so I can use my system.) - Is the graphics card to blame? - Is the upgrade to blame? Hasn't it been done correctly (basically it definitely won't have been done correctly) ? - Do you think I should add it here `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/stretch-backports.list` (https://pastebin.com/raw/YM11TDer) the 'contrib non-free' at the end of the two sources? What is to blame and what should I do to fix it? However, the last picture of my system, is the one shown here: [dmseg](https://pastebin.com/raw/TSRqv4kC). If it is convenient or shows something more, here is the result of the command [journalctl -b](https://pastebin.com/raw/Rw36Jp03). At startup, after this point : https://imgur.com/a/0kC6SMQ i just type "Alt" + "F4" and goes me to the terminal. Luckily at least I have access from the terminal (and then ssh into the machine)! # The detailed features of my system. --------------------------------------- Linux 4.19.0-0.bpo.6-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.67-2+deb10u2~bpo9+1 (2019-11-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux OS : Debian GNU/Linux 9.12 (stretch) Desktop Environment : GNOME Shell 3.22.3 CPU : MD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor RAM : 15940 MiB Motherboard : ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Oland PRO [Radeon R7 240/340] [1002:6613] {radeon} enp10s0: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 09) lspci -v : https://pastebin.com/raw/10Y9y5nc nautilus-nextcloud/stretch-backports,stretch-backports,now 2.5.1-1~bpo9+1 all [installed] I hope we find a solution, and thank you in advance. Kind regards, Tasos
