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I have Luckily have never had to deal with that mode. So I have no idea. did you try that other stuff first in regular multiuser mode yet? if you can login cli on multiuser mode then you can just copy your home onto a external hdd. if all else fails. Or wait and see what someone else says on recovery mode --
I can't follow your instructions cos I'm a newb could u clearly and slowly outline what I need to do
HOW does GUI login work in Ubu? (from photo in post#5)
Hi again... Good that you haven't 'given up' and erased/lost/reinstalled everything.
Sorry to hear the problems of accessing the system (after ?install updates?).
Since you were able to ?somehow? (Ctrl+Alt+F1?) login & do commands (like runlevel),
then -I- don't think you need to DIG down deep into 'recovery mode'.
(WHAT does "it wouldn't allow me to log in" mean? Exact&complete details!)
I believe 'recovery mode' only/just gets you a CLI terminal command prompt
(which you ALREADY have/had, in your #17/18 screenshots!)
(in /boot/grub/grub.cfg, it appears to just omit gfxmode &change "quiet splash $vt_handoff" to "recovery nomodeset")
Let me ask 2 conceptual things: 1) Can you get to that screen you posted in #5?
(Yes OR No? I keep asking this!) IF yes, does clicking on 'anything' do 'anything'?
Sorry I'm having difficulty understanding how you -formerly- got to the GUI.
2) At that $ CLIprompt (in #17/18, where runlevel worked, reporting: N 5 ),
do some commands to look for your files:
Code:
id; pwd; df . /
ls
Mine: (My /home is on /, so I omit pwd;df .) Please DO the: df space dot space slash!
Code:
user@ubuntu:~$ id;sudo id
uid=1000(user) gid=1000(user) groups=1000(user),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),114(lpadmin),115(sambashare)
[sudo] password for user:
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
user@ubuntu:~$ df /
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 3545824 1623112 1722880 49% /
What things do you want to save? (in case you reinstall; then/next/later we can think about how to maybe save them somewhere somehow)
Can you find anything useful from that link I posted?
("no" is ok; it's very technical; maybe you can TRY a few of these commands below)
Hi again... Good that you haven't 'given up' and erased/lost/reinstalled everything.
Sorry to hear the problems of accessing the system (after ?install updates?).
Since you were able to ?somehow? (Ctrl+Alt+F1?) login & do commands (like runlevel),
then -I- don't think you need to DIG down deep into 'recovery mode'.
(WHAT does "it wouldn't allow me to log in" mean? Exact&complete details!)
I believe 'recovery mode' only/just gets you a CLI terminal command prompt
(which you ALREADY have/had, in your #17/18 screenshots!)
(in /boot/grub/grub.cfg, it appears to just omit gfxmode &change "quiet splash $vt_handoff" to "recovery nomodeset")
Let me ask 2 conceptual things: 1) Can you get to that screen you posted in #5?
(Yes OR No? I keep asking this!) IF yes, does clicking on 'anything' do 'anything'?
Sorry I'm having difficulty understanding how you -formerly- got to the GUI.
2) At that $ CLIprompt (in #17/18, where runlevel worked, reporting: N 5 ),
do some commands to look for your files:
Code:
id; pwd; df . /
ls
Mine: (My /home is on /, so I omit pwd;df .) Please DO the: df space dot space slash!
Code:
user@ubuntu:~$ id;sudo id
uid=1000(user) gid=1000(user) groups=1000(user),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),114(lpadmin),115(sambashare)
[sudo] password for user:
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
user@ubuntu:~$ df /
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 3545824 1623112 1722880 49% /
What things do you want to save? (in case you reinstall; then/next/later we can think about how to maybe save them somewhere somehow)
Can you find anything useful from that link I posted?
("no" is ok; it's very technical; maybe you can TRY a few of these commands below)
(capital X in Xorg, backslash asterisk, curly-braces, backslash NOspace semicolon )
sudo apt update
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gnome
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
(Sorry, -I- am not sure about these; hopefully an LQ'er who knows Ubuntu GUI will reply!)
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop && sudo apt-get install -f install
But, #1, my 1) question: can you get back to the screenshot you posted in #5 ?????
IF yes, does clicking on anything do anything?
I cannot get to the screen posted in #5. When I boot in it come to a black screen where it asks me for my credentials. Bu it won't allow me to enter my credentials and the screen is blinking on and off.
I cannot get to the screen posted in #5. When I boot in it come to a black screen where it asks me for my credentials. Bu it won't allow me to enter my credentials and the screen is blinking on and off.
Looking over the whole thread.....
I really think your best option is to perform a fresh installtion.
-::-If that doesn't work your pc might be having hardware failure.-::-
I really think your best option is to perform a fresh installtion.
-::-If that doesn't work your pc might be having hardware failure.-::-
I'm beginning to think that also cat. If I can't enter my credentials at command line I can't see any way around it unless the other poster can come up with a solution that's what I'm going to do. I'll give it two more days.
I'm beginning to think that also cat. If I can't enter my credentials at command line I can't see any way around it unless the other poster can come up with a solution that's what I'm going to do. I'll give it two more days.
I'm beginning to think that also cat. If I can't enter my credentials at command line I can't see any way around it unless the other poster can come up with a solution that's what I'm going to do. I'll give it two more days.
you can boot up log in on a different tty under your user name.
do you use a password to get in that login? yes|no
do you have sudo with that user? yes|no
if yes, depending on distro to add a user.
Code:
sudo adduser userName
or
sudo useradd userName
sudo passwd userName
you can either logout now or just change to a different tty, Ctrl + alt + F[2-6x] to get a different login screen. login with the new user. If you have startx installed, edit your ~/.xinitrc file, put the start command for whatever wm you want in it on the very bottom line.
Code:
exec WhichEver Wm/DT
save then try startx.
if you got internet access in that box, install something less gui intense like fluxbox, then add that to your last line in the ~/.xinitrc file -- it should eliminate the credentials situation.
IF you can get to a $ or # prompt, THEN a UbuntuXwinGUI'specialist'LQer
can come along with ?UbuXwin/pkg? commands to try to help,
withOUT the -frustration- of getting just a "NOthing works." reply!
What exactly did you upgrade? (nvidia?) Any error messages?
This websearch: ubuntu gnome login 16.04 intitle:after update|upgrade
Wild-guess: rm .Xauthority ; reboot
Do you have a way to download (&'burn'/usb &boot) this (or your install .iso)?
Yea, it's a tradeoff of 'digging' as deep as 'recovery mode' vs erase&re-begin.
(I believe, 'theoretically', it could be fixed, given enough CLI 'magic'!)
And yes, the real-world prefers normal-functionality (vs. my forensics-fun!)
A 'dream-puzzle' for me, may be 'nightmare-broken' for typical users.
Oh Hi! (Glad you haven't 'given up', tho I imagine this must be frustrating/disappointing/...)
So, now it's not possible to get back to #17/18 (login as max)?
(I wonder what happened...)
Do you get a "login: " prompt, like in #17?
Does ANYthing 'appear', when you try to typein max?
(technically, Alt+F2 gets tty2; I'm guessing your hostname and username are both max)
>"it won't allow[? error msg?] me to enter my credentials [name then password]"
I might be misunderstanding what all is happening, but here's a 'recovery' technique,
(with good screenshots!). Can you get there? ??
http://adriankoshka.gitbooks.io/lite..._password.html (it's Ubu 14.xx but still good)
(in 16.xx, this is on the "Advanced options" second screen, but
doing the "e" on simply the first "Ubuntu" line is ok. -I- get to "linux...ro..."
by lots of downarrows, then 1 up, then 1 leftarrow [then 27 backspaces]!)
The 'hard' parts are getting to where you (quoting from that webpage 'arrow around', to):
"Press the backspace key repeatedly until you remove: ro splash quiet $vt_handoff
Replace that text with: rw init=/bin/bash so that it looks like the picture" ... F10
Here's a couple cmds to check a couple things, if you want, Before you try passwd max
# grep max /etc/passwd
(see IF 'you' are 'in there')
# head -1 /etc/shadow
(I think you will get like: root:!:.....#s or root:*:...#s, a clue about 'sudo')
# which sudo
(you could give root a password, which might help -if- you
want to instead use the more basic 'recovery mode'
on 'advanced' 2nd grub menu [instead of "e" ...], but...)
Anyway, best wishes always....
p.s. IF you get a # prompt, you -might try- (then reboot):
rm /home/max/.Xauthority
ls -AF /home/max
A new simpler idea, on getting to that "Recovery Mode" screen (above):
#1 'secret' is to -hold down- the [left] Shift key, **before and as** it boots.
Then, you 'should' get a choice of (see attached here):
Ubuntu
Advanced options
BUT, you might only have 5 seconds! to hit a downarrow, to the "Advanced options" choice!
Then Enter, to select "Advanced options".
Then, on next screen, a downarrow will get "....(Recovery mode)"
Hit Enter.
Then, on next screen, see above post, third picture.
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