My ASUS 1015E (netbook) has as its OS UBUNTU 14.04.2 LTS (Trusty Tahr). Yesterday, as it ran the weekly updates to the OS and my applications, I lost power, and it died mid-update.
Now I have NO applications listed on the applications panel. I would attempt to rebuild the apt-get package list, but I’m unable to get to a command line.
No matter what I try e.g. holding down shift, holding down Alt+Ctl+F1 (or F2 or F7 or F8 or F12) I can neither get to a command line nor get UBUNTU to boot to a command line.
Does anyone have a helpful suggestion?