Updated Ubuntu, now it won't boot into desktop.

Robert1986

Robert1986

Robert1986

Soldato
Joined
17 Apr 2007
Posts
23,162
Location
stat city
I updated Ubuntu 9.10, restarted, got as for as the logo screen then my pc just reboots.

This is the second time its done this now. The first time I had to reinstall ubuntu, this time I want to fix it.

I am running the LIVE CD just now btw.

Can someone please help me. How can I fix this?
 
Found this post on the ubuntu forums, maybe this will work.

This has just cropped up on my PC too, was hanging on bootup just before the login screen (slim). Wouldn't work in recovery mode, told me about the nmbd pid but wouldn't let me do anything about it so CTRL-ALT-DEL was necessary.

Found that by removing quiet and splash from the grub boot entry I could boot up OK again
Click to expand...

how do I remove quiet and splash?

If all else fails, I'll install 10.04. I just hate not being able to fix things. Always means if this happens again the future, I'm screwed again.
 
Last edited:
bah, forgot it. I'm installing 10.04.

I'd just like to know why it isn't booting after I applied the update. I am really do not want to go back to windows but I have came across problems like this a lot now.
 
Installed 10.04 and everything is fine now. It even boots really fast. 9.10 seemed to hang when booting for some reason.

Really liking the changes in 10.04 over 9.10,

I really hate using my other pc now as it is using windows 7. I still need to keep W7 on that pc for some things though.
 
Ok, one thing really annoying me in 10.04 is the minimize/maximize/close buttons for applications is moved to the top left instead of the top right.

How do I move these to the right? This is mind boggling as to why they would move them to the left.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom