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Ubuntu 14.04 startx black screen wont boot install#
Ubuntu 14.04 startx black screen wont boot update#
Ubuntu 14.04 startx black screen wont boot upgrade#
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Ubuntu 14.04 startx black screen wont boot iso#

Ubuntu 14.04 startx black screen wont boot install#

(So I can't set nomodeset) When I select either Try Ubuntu without installing or Install Ubuntu I go to a light gray screen with a flashing cursor in the upper left corner.Īs with the DVD I've tried multiple settings in the bios and haven't found anything that makes a difference. Selecting that and hitting enter takes me to a submenu that only has the option to go back. When I try to boot from the USB thumbdrive, I go straight to a black Installer boot menu that lists options like, "Try Ubuntu without installing" or "Install Ubuntu". I have combed through the bios making sure that everything I can turn off about quick boot or UEFI launching with legacy that I can find. These dots flash white to red, and then ultimately white to yellow, then the screen goes black. When nomodeset is checked I get a bit farther, it goes to a screen that says Ubuntu 14.04 with four dots under it. Without using nomodeset I go directly to a black screen never to recover. I have tried all the options given in this answer. When I boot from DVD I get the purple splash screen seen in the first answer to this question (The thumbdrive worked on a different machine two days ago, so I'm pretty confident the thumbdrive is set up correctly.)

Ubuntu 14.04 startx black screen wont boot iso#

I have tried both burning the iso onto a dvd and also using a thumbdrive. Notice your hard disk root is actually /mnt/hdd and that / is your USB drive.I'm trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 onto my new computer. If not you could copy the file from your USB: cp /path/to/file /mnt/hdd/path/to/file If you backed up your file you should be able to simply copy it back. Now your hard disk should be mounted to your USB you can access it by: cd /mnt/hdd. You want the device that has Device Boot with an asterisk (*) $ cd /mnt dev/ is the directory in linux for devices, and linux usually has three - grub swap space and storage volume.

If you have an Nvidia card it can cause that.

The X server and desktop environment start without problems. I can, however, Ctrl+Alt+F1 into the shell, login, and command startx. dev/sda1 * 2048 62513151 31255552 83 Linux After I upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS my system hasn't started X on boot. You should see a partition table similar to: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System NOTE: if you are not root you will not see all partitions

Within the terminal run sudo su - you're now the root user.įrom this point you can mount your hard disc to your USB drive and as root you can change the files on your hard disk through the mount.

Once booted login as the ubuntu user and open a terminal.

Click the 'try Ubuntu' option when prompted.

Place your USB into your machine and reboot it.

You're going to need a new Live CD as you said you installed through a flash drive that will suffice. Otherwise, I suggest in future you do this.ĭo you remember what the original values were? If not, I will explain how you can restore it.

I'm going to hope you made a back-up of your file before modifying it. These are the instructions corresponding to your problem from the ubuntu community help!

Ubuntu 14.04 startx black screen wont boot update#

playing with your synaptic-config), run sudo apt-get update

Ubuntu 14.04 startx black screen wont boot password#

Undo any changes you did after the install using your harddisk-user and password (e.g.

With this commands you're now on your harddisk. In this case /dev/sda6 (ATTENTION, this varies from install to install!) is the Linux-Root-Partition, which you can check by running sudo mount /dev/sda6 /mntĪnd you'll get the / directory tree: bin dev home media proc sbin tmp varĪfther that run: sudo mount -bind /dev /mnt/dev

Ubuntu 14.04 startx black screen wont boot upgrade#

Enter the following commands: sudo apt purge gdm3 sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade sudo apt install gdm3 If it displays a warning, then choose gdm3 with arrow keys and press enter. dev/sda6 13207 228705 108611464+ 83 LinuxĨ3 heads, 12 sectors/track, 7945 cylinders, total 7913472 sectors On Ubuntu 20.04, while you are in the black screen, you should do the following steps: Press Ctrl+Alt+F4 then login using your username and password. I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes In the terminal run the following command: sudo fdisk -lĭisk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytesĢ55 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors Boot the system via usb-stick again, choose "Try Ubuntu", open a terminal by typing ALT+F2 and entering gnome-terminal.