[EdLUG] Bricked machine

[Roy]

Andrew,

Grub has a boot time editor but changes are one time only.

Select the boot entry you want to boot, then press 'e' for edit.

Find the line that starts linux. It will also contain 'quiet splash'

Remove the quiet and splash and let the system boot.

There are on screen instructions.

You will still need to use some live media to check for space as your 
system won't boot normally.

If you have run out of space for root, the system won't boot until there 
is some free.

Space means both actual space to store files and i-nodes to point the 
them. You need both.

df -h  shows space

df -hi  shows i-nodes

Regards,

Roy Bamford

On 23/01/2023 13:13, alistair wrote:
> 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?
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