PABlanche
October 31st, 2016, 10:46 PM
Definition:
After upgrading from 16.04 to 16.10, the Ubuntu login show the background and the pointer. No Dash, no Launcher, no access to keyboard, cannot summon the terminal (ctrl+alt+t or ctrl+F2). If I select the Unity8 session same thing. If I select the GNOME, it works fine after turning the screen black for a second.
Diagnostic:
Same problem was described by people upgrading to 16.04
Problems after upgrading to 14.04 (only background and pointer after login) (https://askubuntu.com/questions/449845/problems-after-upgrading-to-14-04-only-background-and-pointer-after-login/481620#481620)
and
Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears (https://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears)
But all the solutions given does not works for me (mainly
--reinstall ubuntu-desktop). This seems to be related to a nvidia graphic card and driver problem that I am indeed running (nvs5100M, driver 340.98).
Getting worst before getting better:
I try to change the display manager from lightdm to gdm3:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
Bad decision: I had a black screen instead of the login. ctrl+F1 gave me an error message:
"A start job is running for Hold until boot process finishes up"
I followed the instruction from this link:
Cannot boot system due to start job running for hold (https://askubuntu.com/questions/760825/cannot-boot-system-due-to-start-job-running-for-hold)
After restart, the Ubuntu session is now working fine. I have no clue why, but you guys better figure that out because it is horrible and I lost 6 hours today trying to fix this $hit!
Seriously, that might help other people.
PS Kdenlive is not working anymore either.
After upgrading from 16.04 to 16.10, the Ubuntu login show the background and the pointer. No Dash, no Launcher, no access to keyboard, cannot summon the terminal (ctrl+alt+t or ctrl+F2). If I select the Unity8 session same thing. If I select the GNOME, it works fine after turning the screen black for a second.
Diagnostic:
Same problem was described by people upgrading to 16.04
Problems after upgrading to 14.04 (only background and pointer after login) (https://askubuntu.com/questions/449845/problems-after-upgrading-to-14-04-only-background-and-pointer-after-login/481620#481620)
and
Unity doesn't load, no Launcher, no Dash appears (https://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears)
But all the solutions given does not works for me (mainly
--reinstall ubuntu-desktop). This seems to be related to a nvidia graphic card and driver problem that I am indeed running (nvs5100M, driver 340.98).
Getting worst before getting better:
I try to change the display manager from lightdm to gdm3:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
Bad decision: I had a black screen instead of the login. ctrl+F1 gave me an error message:
"A start job is running for Hold until boot process finishes up"
I followed the instruction from this link:
Cannot boot system due to start job running for hold (https://askubuntu.com/questions/760825/cannot-boot-system-due-to-start-job-running-for-hold)
After restart, the Ubuntu session is now working fine. I have no clue why, but you guys better figure that out because it is horrible and I lost 6 hours today trying to fix this $hit!
Seriously, that might help other people.
PS Kdenlive is not working anymore either.