Kubuntu 12.10 does not boot past boot-splash screen after Muon Software Update.

[SteveRiley]

Yes, I did boot in recovery mode.

I exited nano without saving changes & ran that mount command again. There is no output message.

A successful remount won't display any output. You can verify with

cat /proc/mounts

Each line should have rw as the fourth parameter.

After remounting, you'll need to make those edits again.

[judedawson]

Wow, that's a lot of travelling! And they are fantastic cities

[SteveRiley]

Ever try that crazy vertical wind tunnel where you can fly without wings? What a wild ride. My "certificate of flight" mentioned 212 kph winds!

Promo video, for those following along at home:

[judedawson]

Hi Steve,

Yes, that is correct (ref attachment).

So, what do I do next?

From,
Jude

[judedawson]

ha ha, you went on that wind-tunnel ride - awesome!!!

I've never tried it myself - yet.

If you didn't already - you should next time try out the 'Corkscrew' and Flying Coaster' rides. They're not as wild as the rides in the US but it'll definitely give you a thrill...

From,
Jude

[SteveRiley]

Yes, that is correct (ref attachment).

Ah, hell, I forgot. Even when everything mounts properly as rw, when you boot into recovery mode and drop to a command prompt, you still have to do the remount before you can save anything. Now that you've done that, go ahead and redo the edits from post #15.

I just verified this sequence on a spare VM I keep around just for this purpose -- to fix my brain farts

[judedawson]

Hi Steve,

Pls. ref tasks in Item #15.

Cool - successfully completed tasks 1 thru 3.

sudo update-grub

ran without any errors

After point 4 where I type:

nano /etc/init/tty1.conf

The screen shows file: etc/init/tty1.conf as a new file

Is there something I've not done correctly?

Thanks.

From,
Jude

[SteveRiley]

Note to self (and others): you can also select "Enable networking" in the recovery mode menu, which mounts / as read-write and all other filesystems in /etc/fstab. Then when the menu returns, select "Drop to root shell prompt." Between Natty, Oneiric, Precise, and Quantal, friendly-recovery (the package that provides the menu) has undergone changes.

[SteveRiley]

After point 4 where I type:

nano /etc/init/tty1.conf

The screen shows file: etc/init/tty1.conf as a new file

Is there something I've not done correctly?

Uh, that's weird. What does this show?

ls -l /etc/init/tty*

[judedawson]

Hi Steve,

Command

ls -l /etc/init/tty*

outputs the following:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 348 Apr 26 2012 /etc/init/tty1.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 333 Apr 26 2012 /etc/init/tty2.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 333 Apr 26 2012 /etc/init/tty3.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 333 Apr 26 2012 /etc/init/tty4.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 232 Apr 26 2012 /etc/init/tty5.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 232 Apr 26 2012 /etc/init/tty6.conf

From,
Jude

[SteveRiley]

Well, obviously the file exists. However, the following bit from your post #37...

The screen shows file: etc/init/tty1.conf as a new file

is missing the leading forward slash in front of etc -- that would explain why you see the "new file" indicator.

[judedawson]

DOOOHHHH!!!!!

I think that brain-fart you mentioned earlier is contagious...

Added the missing forward-slash, accessed the file, edited the exec line as per Item#15 and saved.

Am about the re-boot...fingers crossed..

[judedawson]

Hi Steve,

OK, I rebooted the laptop.

A whote lotta words scrolled up on the screen. It also welcomed me to Ubuntu 12.10 (GNU/Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686)

It stopped for me to type in my login ID and password.

Upon entering this info, the command-prompt is now at:

judedawson@judedawson-Aspire-4750:~@

So, what's the next step?

Thanks.

From,
Jude

[SteveRiley]

Now what happens if you run

startx

[judedawson]

When I type that command, a gui prompt appears on-sceen. It's got a red-box with an 'x' in the middle and a message that says 'Failed to load session "gnome". It gives me only one button option to 'Log Out'.

Do I press the button?