conor9
March 1st, 2017, 08:00 PM
Really confusing problem, hope someone can help.
I tried upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04. (System prompted for version upgrade after recent regular software upgrade)
I let it do it. I watched it download the packages, that seemed fine.
It warned about xscreensaver and xlockmore. I killed both before proceeding
It then installed the packages and seemed to get stuck on the fonts.
Eventually it resumed, but the screen showed a message about low graphics mode.
It then gave an empty dialog with no options. I clicked OK and the system dropped to a flashing cursor.
I left it for 30mins before forcibly rebooting.
It booted into a shell, but I can't login.
This is where it gets tricky. I had the box set to auto login.
I know the password for su operations (e.g. to install software etc) - indeed, I needed it to start the upgrade. But the problem is that I can't think what the username is. I've tried my usual suspects but no joy.
I've tried to boot to recovery via GRUB, but when I select recovery, it drops to tty1 and looks for a login, without asking what I want (such as root shell etc.)
I've tried editing the grub entry to give me a root prompt (rw init=/bin/bash) but the USB keyboard doesn't work.
I've booted it from a live CD and can see the hard disk, but not sure what else to do.
Can anyone help please?
Thanks!
I tried upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04. (System prompted for version upgrade after recent regular software upgrade)
I let it do it. I watched it download the packages, that seemed fine.
It warned about xscreensaver and xlockmore. I killed both before proceeding
It then installed the packages and seemed to get stuck on the fonts.
Eventually it resumed, but the screen showed a message about low graphics mode.
It then gave an empty dialog with no options. I clicked OK and the system dropped to a flashing cursor.
I left it for 30mins before forcibly rebooting.
It booted into a shell, but I can't login.
This is where it gets tricky. I had the box set to auto login.
I know the password for su operations (e.g. to install software etc) - indeed, I needed it to start the upgrade. But the problem is that I can't think what the username is. I've tried my usual suspects but no joy.
I've tried to boot to recovery via GRUB, but when I select recovery, it drops to tty1 and looks for a login, without asking what I want (such as root shell etc.)
I've tried editing the grub entry to give me a root prompt (rw init=/bin/bash) but the USB keyboard doesn't work.
I've booted it from a live CD and can see the hard disk, but not sure what else to do.
Can anyone help please?
Thanks!