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

Robert1986 · 14 Apr 2010 at 18:51

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?

PermaBanned · 14 Apr 2010 at 19:06

Did you check the MD5 of the .iso image?

Robert1986 · 14 Apr 2010 at 19:07

No, I just updated through the update manager.

Roland0 · 14 Apr 2010 at 20:45

Try hitting esc on the grub menu and booting the "recovery mode" kernel option

Robert1986 · 14 Apr 2010 at 21:10

I did that, same thing happens.

I also get "could not access pid file for nmbd"

craptakular · 14 Apr 2010 at 21:14

yo rob. Maybe it's time to download the 10.04 ubuntu beta.

When I was new to linux I often found that using a beta (it's out soon anyway) would fix my issues

Robert1986 · 14 Apr 2010 at 21:27

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

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.

craptakular · 14 Apr 2010 at 21:53

Wait for debian/ubuntu people to post. I haven't used ubuntu in a long time and I think they use grub2, which I'm not familiar with and I don't wanna break your system lol.

Robert1986 · 15 Apr 2010 at 07:14

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.

craptakular · 15 Apr 2010 at 08:26

you know when it boots at grub press "e" to edit the line and delete the word quite and change splash to nosplash.

see if it boots.

drak3 · 15 Apr 2010 at 10:57

Weird, an "update" should run with no problems; unlike an "upgrade" which is fetching beta packages off Lucid repositories (incomplete if done at the wrong time of the day as it is constantly being fed).

What Oxy said should reveal the cause.

I am on 10.04 at the moment, it is excellent

Enfield · 15 Apr 2010 at 18:32

Robert1986 said:
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.

I considered Windows the other day actually but like you don't really want to go back and have too been having problems.

I'm still not 100% settled on particular distro. Am using linuxmint which I believe it a tweaked version of Ubuntu... am getting on with it quite nicely.

craptakular · 15 Apr 2010 at 18:35

Enfield said:
I considered Windows the other day actually but like you don't really want to go back and have too been having problems.

I'm still not 100% settled on particular distro. Am using linuxmint which I believe it a tweaked version of Ubuntu... am getting on with it quite nicely.

I distro hopped for 5 years lol. Now settled on Arch linux.

Enfield · 15 Apr 2010 at 18:51

Oxy said:
I distro hopped for 5 years lol. Now settled on Arch linux.

Yeah, I think I used Arch Linux for about a year and decided to change. It broke after I updated it so I just tried something else. It used to keep dropping my network connection too, along with most other distros actually, curse this ralink card.

Robert1986 · 15 Apr 2010 at 19:24

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.

Robert1986 · 15 Apr 2010 at 19:38

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.

craptakular · 15 Apr 2010 at 20:33

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/mark-shuttleworths-response-to-left-side-button-criticisms.html

PermaBanned · 15 Apr 2010 at 20:40

Oxy said:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/mark-shuttleworths-response-to-left-side-button-criticisms.html

So they've moved them to the left to clear up room on the right? Why not just use the room already there on the left? :confused:

If you want to change it then i believe you just have to change the theme, Clearlooks is popular but have a look round:

http://gnome-look.org/

There's probably another way of doing it but i'm not the most experienced person to ask...

craptakular · 15 Apr 2010 at 20:56

Yeh it's a retarded move IMO. The bottom of that link is the workaround.

*Hugs Arch linux lol*

ChrisGreen1993 · 16 Apr 2010 at 14:34

I had the a similar problem a while back and IIRC it was something to do with the update manager asking you to reboot before it had finished, i think. I just reinstalled as i had it in a VM and hadn't used it that much.