Kubuntu won't boot after failed update.

[hung]

I tried updating Kubuntu today after about a month of non-use. It downloaded some 223 MB of updates, but couldn't apply some of them due to failed "commit charges." I thought rebooting it would solve the problem.

The splash screen for booting showed, as well as its progress bar, but sometime after that it hangs and displays the text:

"nvidia (173.14.09): Already installed on this kernel"

It doesn't do anything after that. I have to press ctrl + alt + del to get it to reboot.

Can anyone help me? I don't even know where start with this problem. I tried entering recovery mode, I don't know if that was a success or a failure. It stayed in "terminal," although it wasn't truly terminal because I couldn't do anything. Reboot, sudo, nothing would illicit an action.

I'd appreciate any feedback.

[aged hippy]

Re: Kubuntu won't boot after failed update.

Boot into Recovery Mode, then try these, one at a time:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

sudo apt-get autoclean

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install

sudo apt-get autoremove

Type them into the terminal/console.

[hung]

Re: Kubuntu won't boot after failed update.

I can't get that far. It goes to "initramf."