Unable to boot into GUI

rmcellig · 10-26-2010, 12:52 PM

I am using Ubuntu 10.10 on my iMac dual boot. Everything was working fine as far as booting into the Ubuntu GUI.

When the Update manager appeared with new updates, I was unable to restart Ubuntu into the GUI after the update installs. What should I do? I am obviously on another computer typing this urgent request.

fordeck · 10-26-2010, 03:14 PM

Are you able to login via the command line?

Regards,

Fordeck

rmcellig · 10-26-2010, 03:16 PM

I was just able to log in. I chose a different option in the Grub menu. The option I was selecting was Linux Generic PAE. Do you know what this one is and should I delete it?

repo · 10-26-2010, 03:18 PM

Any error messages ?
What was upgraded?
Do you use nvidia?

Kind regards

rmcellig · 10-26-2010, 04:13 PM

How can I tell what the latest upgrades wre? Is there a command I can use and then post back to the forum?

repo · 10-26-2010, 04:14 PM

read before you click ok ?

kind regards

eSelix · 10-26-2010, 04:16 PM

In the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log you have information why GUI was not started. Please paste here it contents.

fordeck · 10-26-2010, 04:20 PM

I believe the following file will tell the upgrade history:

/var/log/apt/history.log

Regards,

Fordeck

rmcellig · 10-26-2010, 05:44 PM

How do I access this info from the command line in terminal?

fordeck · 10-26-2010, 05:54 PM

You can display the file like this:

Code:

cat /var/log/apt/history.log

This file contains information related to your system upgrades.

I hope this answers your question.

Regards,

Fordeck

rmcellig · 10-26-2010, 06:08 PM

This was the updates available that I installed when the Update manager opened.

Start-Date: 2010-10-26 12:31:03
Install: apport-hooks-medibuntu:i386 (1medibuntu1)
Upgrade: libpam0g:i386 (1.1.1-4ubuntu1, 1.1.1-4ubuntu2), libpam-modules:i386 (1.1.1-4ubuntu1, 1.1.1-4ubuntu2), libpam-runtime:i386 (1.1.1-4ubuntu1, 1.1.1-4ubuntu2), nautilus-dropbox:i386 (0.6.3, 0.6.5), libavcodec-extra-52:i386 (0.6-2ubuntu3, 0.6-2ubuntu3+medibuntu1), libavutil-extra-50:i386 (0.6-2ubuntu3, 0.6-2ubuntu3+medibuntu1)
End-Date: 2010-10-26 12:31:40

eSelix · 10-26-2010, 06:11 PM

Post also this:

Code:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log

fordeck · 10-26-2010, 06:13 PM

What happens if you press:

Ctrl + Alt + F7

That key combination is sometimes used to switch to the GUI

Regards,

Fordeck

rmcellig · 10-26-2010, 06:37 PM

I am in the GUI at the moment. I chose a different option from the GRUB startup menu and it seemed to work fine. How can I present a list of everything that shows up on my GRUB menu? I want to post it so that someone here can tell me how to delete the items that are not necessary.

fordeck · 10-26-2010, 06:55 PM

The file that contains grub configuration is listed below:

/boot/grub/grub.cfg

You can display this like this:

Code:

cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg

and then post it here along with the option you used to get to the GUI. With that information we might be able to instruct you on how to change the default so it uses the option that you chose.

Regards,

Fordeck