[EdLUG] Bricked machine

[alistair]

Andrew,
	I would start by booting a live USB system, and check that you 
haven't exceeded the capacity of any of the partitions.
After that, if you disable the splash screen it will help you find where the 
boot process is stopping.

{To do this edit the '/etc/default/grub' file; comment out the line 
'GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" ';.
You will then have to 'update-grub'.
A search for 'update grub from live usb' gives plenty of results such as: 
https://askubuntu.com/questions/145241/how-do-i-run-update-grub-from-a-livecd
which shows how to do this.}

With any luck you will then get useful clues from the boot sequence when you 
try to boot the system. 
Good Luck.

Regards,
Alistair


On Saturday, 21 January 2023 18:28:26 GMT Andrew Ramage wrote:
> I use KUbuntu 22.04 and just installed a long list of updates.   After
> installation,  the computer displayed a message that the lock screen was
> broken.   It continued that I should log in to a virtual screen (Alt F2)
> and log in.  I did that  then forgot what it told me to do afterwards  and
> shut the computer down by pressing the power button .
> 
> 
> Now it stops after displaying the KUBUNTU splash screen.  Anyone have any
> idea how to fix this?