I am new to Linux, never used it before. I can follow instructions but don't know much about it. Tried searching for a solution to this but couldn't find one. I installed Ubuntu 12.04. It was working fine. Now when I boot up, I get BIOS splash screen, brief purple screen, then a completely black screen that says:
"Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS [Ubuntu name] tty1
[ubuntu name] login:"
I can enter in my username and password, then it says:
"last login: Mon Sep 10 18:37:03 EDT 2012 on tty1
Welcome to Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-30-generic x86_64)
*Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
0 packages can be updated
0 updates are security updates"
I had this issue, did a fresh install, and then continued having this same problem. At some point I was also just getting a black screen with a cursor. I think sometimes all it said was [ok].
Please help - thanks!
startx
into a file by using sudo startx|tee ~/startxdbg.txt` and examining it at your leisure withnano ~/startxdbg.txt
If you can mount a flashdrive, you can also copy this file to that flash drive and use another computer to inspect it. Make sure you use Wornpad, not Notepad if you re going to use it on Windows.