Re: [Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-19 Thread john_harvey
Thanks to all who helped. I ended up just reinstalling, and updating. No problems now. - Zem

Re: [Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-18 Thread john_harvey
Thanks all for the advice. I tried all advice above, from Banana, David, and Quantum, but no effect. I suppose I need to reinstall? - Zem

Re: [Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-16 Thread shiretoko
I would advice trying sudo startx And see what happens.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-15 Thread davesamcdxv
Try apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade .

Re: [Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-15 Thread john_harvey
Magic B, Yes, I did see the option to upgrade. However: In this case I'm not trying to upgrade, but simply return to normal for the version I had. I'm not on Trisquel 7, but the previous edition. Sorry if I did not include that info. I would ideally like to know what is happening to my

Re: [Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-14 Thread john_harvey
That worked: I did get to the login prompt, thank you. What is next ?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-14 Thread legimet . calc
Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and see if you get a tty login prompt.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-14 Thread john_harvey
Can TTY be accessed before user access? Login doesn't produce anything but the black screen. So: not that I can tell. (But again, neophyte).

Re: [Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-14 Thread legimet . calc
Do the TTYs work?

Re: [Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-14 Thread john_harvey
And it is not 7.0, but the previous edition. I was going to upgrade that day, but then this happened.

[Trisquel-users] Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

2014-11-14 Thread john_harvey
Hello all. GNU/Linux and Trisquel Neophyte here. I have Trisquel Mini running alongside LMD Mate, on an old Dell Inspiron 1520. Just recently I booted up Trisquel - which has been running without a hitch - and the login screen is now appearing a flat blue screen with the User, Desktop:, a