Re: [Dorset] Mega Help Needed - Can't Boot into Kubuntu 13.10
On Friday 07 Mar 2014 09:50:54 Peter Merchant wrote: > Interesting Terry, My installation of Kubuntu 13.10 doesn't > automatically periodically remind me of Updates. I have to think about > it and do them. Something that changed perhaps? I actually think that the Muon Update manager is the biggest pile of dog-poo that comes with Kubuntu. Yesterday I explicitly checked that it was set up to notify updates, (it already was) but today, when I manually checked, there was a new kernel update ready (perhaps the one to fix the nVidia mismatch?). I wasn't notified before running Muon, but I was as soon as it had manually checked (stable door). I then ran the updates, but the notification remained in the tray. I then clicked on it again, but all it told me was that it had checked for updates 17 minutes ago, (when I logged on) and there were no new updates. I then clicked on the amber 'Restart' button that had appeared in the tray after the kernel update, but it ignored me and did nothing. After I've sent this message I'm going to do a manual restart, so if I go quiet -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-04-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Mega Help Needed - Can't Boot into Kubuntu 13.10
Interesting Terry, My installation of Kubuntu 13.10 doesn't automatically periodically remind me of Updates. I have to think about it and do them. Something that changed perhaps? Peter On 06/03/14 19:57, Tim wrote: On 06/03/14 18:11, Terry Coles wrote: On Thursday 06 Mar 2014 17:45:19 Tim wrote: Assuming you have access to another PC this might help http://askubuntu.com/questions/352093/need-to-deactivate-nvidia-driver-from-> recovery-mode-or-using-ubuntu-12-04-instal Yes it did thanks, I'm now using my kubuntu box again. Yeah me, I supplied a correct answer even if it was somebody else's!! Glad you are back up and running Terry. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-04-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Mega Help Needed - Can't Boot into Kubuntu 13.10
On 06/03/14 18:11, Terry Coles wrote: On Thursday 06 Mar 2014 17:45:19 Tim wrote: Assuming you have access to another PC this might help http://askubuntu.com/questions/352093/need-to-deactivate-nvidia-driver-from-> recovery-mode-or-using-ubuntu-12-04-instal Yes it did thanks, I'm now using my kubuntu box again. Yeah me, I supplied a correct answer even if it was somebody else's!! Glad you are back up and running Terry. Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-04-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Mega Help Needed - Can't Boot into Kubuntu 13.10
On Thursday 06 Mar 2014 17:45:19 Tim wrote: > Assuming you have access to another PC this might help > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/352093/need-to-deactivate-nvidia-driver-from-> > recovery-mode-or-using-ubuntu-12-04-instal Yes it did thanks, I'm now using my kubuntu box again. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-04-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Mega Help Needed - Can't Boot into Kubuntu 13.10
On 06/03/14 16:51, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: Hi, Yesterday I (belatedly) realised that my desktop PC with Kubuntu 13.10 installed hadn't put any updates in since way before Christmas. Assuming that the Muon Updater had stopped alerting me, I ran it and found that around 300 + packages needed updating, including the kernel. Unfortunately, after the update, the machine froze at the boot message stage. Having no idea what had gone wrong, I did a clean install from the original CD and reapplied all of the updates. After the reboot all seemed well until I installed the Nvidia driver and got exactly the same symptoms. I then concluded that the problem is a mismatch between the new kernel and the old nvidia driver (it worked OK before the new kernel was installed. So now I've booted into Recovery Mode and am sitting in a root prompt. How do I remove the nvidia driver from the system and reinstall the old driver (presumably noveau)? I can see that apt-get allows me to remove the offending package, but I can't remember how to list the installed and available packages that I can access. Are there any other things that I need to do? Terry Coles Assuming you have access to another PC this might help http://askubuntu.com/questions/352093/need-to-deactivate-nvidia-driver-from-recovery-mode-or-using-ubuntu-12-04-instal Hope it helps Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-04-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
[Dorset] Mega Help Needed - Can't Boot into Kubuntu 13.10
Hi, Yesterday I (belatedly) realised that my desktop PC with Kubuntu 13.10 installed hadn't put any updates in since way before Christmas. Assuming that the Muon Updater had stopped alerting me, I ran it and found that around 300 + packages needed updating, including the kernel. Unfortunately, after the update, the machine froze at the boot message stage. Having no idea what had gone wrong, I did a clean install from the original CD and reapplied all of the updates. After the reboot all seemed well until I installed the Nvidia driver and got exactly the same symptoms. I then concluded that the problem is a mismatch between the new kernel and the old nvidia driver (it worked OK before the new kernel was installed. So now I've booted into Recovery Mode and am sitting in a root prompt. How do I remove the nvidia driver from the system and reinstall the old driver (presumably noveau)? I can see that apt-get allows me to remove the offending package, but I can't remember how to list the installed and available packages that I can access. Are there any other things that I need to do? Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-04-01 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
