11.04 hangs in startup after partial upgrade

[conjob]

I recently attempted to upgrade files in 11.04 but they didn't complete. When I rebooted my computer, it got hung up on "checking battery state... [OK]." I tried troubleshooting based on info in all of the threads that mention this problem, but nothing helped. Now, sometimes when I reboot, it gives me the "checking battery state" message, but other times it hangs up on other messages, e.g.,
*Enabling additional executable binary formats binfmt-support [OK]
*Starting CUPS printing spooler/server [OK]
*Starting anac(h)ronistic cron [OK]
*Stopping anac(h)ronistic cron [OK]
[OK]

Sometimes it just displays one of the first two lines, and other times it just displays the last line (blank line with "[OK]" at the end).

I'm still learning linux, so I'm not sure what other information is necessary to help diagnose this problem aside from this:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8132 Fast Ethernet (rev c0)
02:00.0 Network Controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)

[sanderd17]

Are you able to boot into recovery mode?

[conjob]

Yes, I tried to boot into recovery mode and was able to do so without a problem.

[sanderd17]

Ok, try to connect your computer to the internet (it would be best to use a lan cable) and try it


ping google.com


If you get a reply, just press CTRL+C to quit.

Then you can try to upgrade everything:



apt-get update
apt-get upgrade


I believe you are already root, if not, you should put sudo in front of the command.

If you get an error, please report it here (you can take a pic).

[conjob]

I tried to boot again into recovery mode, and I wasn't able to. There is a pic attached of what showed up.

I ran updates successfully and received no errors, but I still have the original problem when I try to boot normally.

[sanderd17]

So you can't boot to recovery either? Than I think you will have to do a complete reinstall. You can save your files and settings by copying your /home directory, but you will have to reinstall your programs.

[conjob]

Okay, I managed to get it to boot in recovery mode again. (Still learning new things, sorry.)
Still, though -- after running updates/upgrades, I continue to have the same problem...

[smadhueagle]

Do you have nVidia Drivers or Noveau drivers on your distro ?

Madhu