14.04 LTS broken after 12/13 update

Did you upgrade within 14.04 or did you change release?

Thanks.

First I upgraded within 14.04. Then I tried apt-get dist-upgrade from
command line. Neither worked. Any way to fix this?

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 3:56 PM, actionparsnip <
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I have the same issue.

I'm running Ubuntu Gnome 14.04.01 LTS . I did the update yesterday and today i can't start my box. After Grub the splash screen hangs and nothing happen.

With ESC i checked what its going on saw, that it coult not start GNOME Display Manager [fail].

I already tried to reinstall my computer. After installing everything is fine, but after the update and reboot: again the same error occurs.

I'm have a Nvidia graphic card, i didn't change anything between setup and update. So it's using nouveau drivers by default as far as i know.

I have been fighting with Ubuntu problems with NVIDIA graphics for
years. Suspected what you have said, that the problem would come back if
I reinstalled and then updated. Too much effort for nothing.

I bought an ATI Radeon graphics card and will get away from NVIDIA when
the card arrives. My wife's PC runs ATI Radeon and it is as stable as a
rock. Fortunately I was able to use Puppy Linux to copy my 6 GB of files
and profiles to a flash memory, so I have my files, Firefox bookmarks,
and Thunderbird addresses. I transferred what I needed to the Dell
laptop, also running 14.04, and seem to be in business. I hate NVIDIA
and will not use it again.

I like Ubuntu and have been using and recommending it since 6.10, so I
am no newbie. Thanks for the message.

Mike

On 12/13/2014 10:11 AM, alesajz wrote:
> Your question #258990 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/258990
>
> alesajz posted a new comment:
> I have the same issue.
>
> I'm running Ubuntu Gnome 14.04.01 LTS . I did the update yesterday and
> today i can't start my box. After Grub the splash screen hangs and
> nothing happen.
>
> With ESC i checked what its going on saw, that it coult not start GNOME
> Display Manager [fail].
>
> I already tried to reinstall my computer. After installing everything is
> fine, but after the update and reboot: again the same error occurs.
>
> I'm have a Nvidia graphic card, i didn't change anything between setup
> and update. So it's using nouveau drivers by default as far as i know.
>

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.