Hi Rafi, > As I was about to try out your suggestions, I booted it up and it just > stops at a seemingly arbitrary point on the boot screen ending the > line with "link was shut down....". > I've rebooted several times and it keeps stopping at a different > point, always ending in that.
Either use the `recovery' option in Grub's menu. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode Or try for a `fail safe' graphics session. https://askubuntu.com/questions/901326/how-to-start-a-fail-safe-graphics-session-with-mouse-web-browser Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting at *new* venue: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-12-04 20:00 Check if you're replying to the list or the author Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk