Did 137 file upgrade using Webmin on Pogov4, now cannot login

Hello Bodhi and Crew:

After a recent downtime, where I had my upgraded-to-Debian-Strech Pogo V4, with Webmin 1.67(?), unplugged I plugged it in again and logged in.

I had Debian Linux 9.0 (Stretch, upgraded dist from Jessie, upgraded from 3.14 from Qui's instructional from blog.qnology.com) I went into my http://POGO:10000 port and logged into WEBMIN, and it told me I had about 138 updates to do.

So, I went and did the 138 updates from Webmin. Bad move, I guess. Now I can't get in.

Even though my router says it's picking up a IP Address from DHCP, the only thing it does is 1 measly UDP connection, and it's refusing any connections whatsoever if I try to SSH into it on port :22 using Putty.

I may just have to blank out the SD card, and start all over again. I just want to know, if there's a way I can get this to work without blanking the card and starting all over again!

Any ideas?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/12/2015 12:28AM by Kapt Blasto.

Kapt Blasto Wrote:
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> Hello Bodhi and Crew:
>
> After a recent downtime, where I had my
> upgraded-to-Debian-Strech Pogo V4, with Webmin
> 1.67(?), unplugged I plugged it in again and
> logged in.
>
> I had Debian Linux 9.0 (Stretch, upgraded dist
> from Jessie, upgraded from 3.14 from Grayman's
> instructional from blog.quitechnology.com) I went
> into my http://POGO:10000 port and logged into
> WEBMIN, and it told me I had about 138 updates to
> do.
>
> So, I went and did the 138 updates from Webmin.
> Bad move, I guess. Now I can't get in.
>
> Even though my router says it's picking up a IP
> Address from DHCP, the only thing it does is 1
> measly UDP connection, and it's refusing any
> connections whatsoever if I try to SSH into it on
> port :22 using Putty.
>
> I may just have to blank out the SD card, and
> start all over again. I just want to know, if
> there's a way I can get this to work without
> blanking the card and starting all over again!
>
> Any ideas?

Kapt,

Doing 138 updates behind the scene (i.e. Webmin) indeed not recommended! when you do a dist-upgrade. And the rule-of-thumb is make a system backup first before dist-upgrade!

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Even though my router says it's picking up a IP Address from DHCP, the only thing it does is 1 measly UDP connection, and it's refusing any connections whatsoever if I try to SSH into it on port :22 using Putty.

This sounds like your u-boot has started and tried to start the kernel. But rootfs has not completed starting.

Mount this SD card on another Linux box and try each step:

- Look at Webmin log, there might be error during dist-upgrade
- fsck this rootfs, there might be system error.
- Look at the kernel files in /boot, see if anything is missing (if the SD is mounted at sdb1):

ls -latr /media/sdb1/boot

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thanks Bodhi, will check it out in the morning, and let you know.

BTW: Grayman4hire on this board = Qui from blog.qnology.com? If so, I need to donate a cuppa coffee to him.
and of course, when I get this working again, a cuppa coffee to you at your board. Thanks again, Bodhi