Help please, installed Virtualbox now can't login

actinide · 11-25-2015, 02:33 PM

that does not work, says cannot resolve host - failed to fetch http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xorg/ - could not resolve archive

actinide · 11-25-2015, 02:42 PM

thanks for your Habitual, looks a livecd to retrieve data

Habitual · 11-25-2015, 02:42 PM

after
Drop to root shell prompt...
mount -o remount,rw /

Code:

service networking start

then the other stuff.
Sorry.

Habitual · 11-25-2015, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by actinide

thanks for your Habitual, looks a livecd to retrieve data

So, re-install? You may wish to think about a separate /home directory for reasons that are now obvious. Or should be.
I've had the same /home directory for > 3 years and probably 10 OSs. Never lost nothing. Including Virtualbox VMs.

Have a Great Thanksgiving Holiday.
Peace.