On 09/05/18 11:22, Liam Proven wrote: > Found this in my spam trap. > > Paul, please bottom-post on the mailing list. Also you do not need to PGP > sign messages to the list. > > On Wed, 9 May 2018 at 11:50, Paul Sutton <zl...@zleap.net> wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA256 > >> If I dual boot, then I can save output piped to a file., for example > >> ls -l > directory.txt > > This won't help with errors that were not logged to a file, though. > > When you try to boot the affected OS, can you log in on a text console? > > If it's in GUI mode (e.g. blank screen) -- Ctrl+Alt+F2 through to F6 > > If it's stuck in text mode -- Alt-F1 to F6 > > (Ctrl-)Alt-F7 should re-display the graphical screen. > > If you *can* log in in text mode, and you're using an Ethernet cable, try > to update. > > sudo apt update > sudo apt full-upgrade -y > >> - From mint I can access the ubuntu file system, and copy the file over > > Which file?
Any file which is saved under a dual boot system. However as I replaced ubuntu 18.04 with lubntu 18.04 which is working fine, I am trying to use a netbook to investigate this issue further. > > Also, this means that Mint works fine? Which version of Mint? > 18.3 64bit I have a PC dualbooting with Linux mint 18.3 and Lubuntu, I replaced Ubuntu 18.04 which wasn't working with Lubuntu which does work. I then decided to install Ubuntu 18.04 on to a netbook, this still stops part way through booting (in the same place). However it does mean I can work on this problem on a netbook. and still use my main system to ask for help. I switch on, press esc to get text output and it stops after [ ok ] started user manager for uid 120 this is a block of messages starting with gdm.servicegdm.service there is no indication that any of the services within this have failed (all have [ ok ] At this point, the system just ctrl-alt-f1 (and no response from alt-f1 etc either) However alt-sysrq RSEIUB work, so that does suggest that the kernel (and other processes) are still running in the background and listening for those key presses, I also get a mouse pointer up (so it is probably a good 95+ percent in to getting a gui displayed) not that the mouse pointer moves with the trackpad. The netbook has an ip address, so I tried to ssh in, but this failed with connection refused, as I guess ssh-server isn't running, which was worth a try. I can get in to recovery mode fine so am in that now, so will try doing the update. thanks Paul > -- http://www.zleap.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
