[EdLUG] Bricked machine

[Andrew Ramage]

I have asked my nephew (computer tech at Edinburgh Uni) to install
KUbuntu 24.04 since support for 20.04 is ending soon) and in the meantime I
am using my Windoze computer.

On Mon, 23 Jan 2023 at 13:15, alistair <alistair at archerry.plus.com> 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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