[17:42] <ssfdre38> is the OS a dead ubuntu project now?
[17:44] <holstein> ssfdre38: ?
[17:44] <holstein> 'the OS'?
[17:45] <holstein> you mean ubuntustudio?
[17:45] <ssfdre38> yea
[17:45] <holstein> http://ubuntustudio.org/downloads
[17:45] <holstein> here is where you can join the mailing lists http://ubuntustudio.org/support
[17:45] <holstein> if this channel is too slow try #opensourcemusicians
[17:46] <holstein> ssfdre38: ubuntustudio is as dead as you want it to be
[17:46] <holstein> for me, its pretty active
[17:46] <ssfdre38> i had the 11.04 to see if it would do the do-upgrade-release and it went right to ubuntu's 11.10 upgrade
[17:46] <holstein> right
[17:47] <holstein> i did a test install last week
[17:47] <holstein> installed 11.04 and upgraded to 11.10
[17:47] <holstein> worked OK for me.. i had to manually select the XFCE session at login
[17:48] <ssfdre38> i did and it was a black screen
[17:48] <holstein> probably graphics card related
[17:48] <holstein> i usually get a normal buntu live CD and get that running
[17:48] <holstein> then, go from there as to upgrading or installing whatever version i want
[17:49] <holstein> nvidia?
[17:49] <holstein> can you get to TTY?
[17:49] <holstein> do you see a grub menu?
[17:49] <holstein> first easy thing would be to try the recovery console
[17:52] <ssfdre38> yea i have nvidia
[17:52] <holstein> well, i could be wrong, but thats what i would assume the issue is
[17:52] <holstein> i would run the recovery console
[17:53] <holstein> i would also..
[17:53] <ssfdre38> well i have ubuntu 10.04 LTS on my tower for now
[17:53] <holstein> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
[17:53] <holstein> ssfdre38: ?
[17:53] <holstein> you dont have a non-functioning 11.10 install then?
[17:54] <ssfdre38> right now not on my towner
[17:54] <holstein> reinstalling the proprietary driver would likely have sorted it out
[17:54] <holstein> you can do that in the terminal
[17:54] <holstein> TTY
[17:55] <holstein> im running 10.04 on my production machine...
[17:55] <ssfdre38> that is what i do first
[17:55] <holstein> ssfdre38: well, its all hypothetical at this point
[17:55] <holstein> if its wiped
[17:55] <holstein> so... next time :)
[17:55] <holstein> i would try a normal ubuntu LIVE cd before installing/upgrading next time