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Questions about using and getting tasks done with the command line recovery mode.

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prevent systemd service starting in recovery-mode

I have a systemd service that has: [Unit] After=network-online.target krb5-kdc.service krb5-admin-server.service Wants=krb5-kdc.service network-online.target krb5-admin-server.service The service ...
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emergency mode help

My computer keeps going to emergency mode. I tried boot-repair and checked and repaired file system. New addition: If I re-install ubuntu mate, will I lose all my customizations? ACPI Error Namespace ...
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Cannot get to Ubuntu recovery mode (or Grub menu) [duplicate]

I know there are lots of questions re this, but none solve my exact issue. I accidentally gave a usermod -G instead of -a -G, and so have been removed from sudoers. I am using BIOS, so most of the ...
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I changed the background in login screen and now I can not log in

I Changed the background screen and when I tried to login it displays a error message. I followed these steps. vitux.com/how-to-change-login-lock-screen-background-in-ubuntu edited using text ...
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update to ubuntu 20 from recovery release

I have an Ubuntu 18.04 machine with some problems which cause it not to have internet connection on it. Due to those problem I am currently using the release version of boot recovery, and would like ...
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Stuck in emergency mod, I tried something to get out, it get worse

edit : Sorry if I wasn't clear, I will try my best to be understable I'm STUCK in emergency mod and I did something stupid to solve my issue I edit the wrong UUID via edit/etc/fstab : I erased the ...
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Start in Emergency mode

My computer starts in emergency mode. My processor is AMD Rysen Threadripper 1950x. I am on Ubuntu 16.4 LTS. These error lines keep printing on the terminal: [ 3276.313138] pcieport 0000:00:01.1 PCI ...
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How to salvage user home files from previous installation

I was upgrading to 20.04 from 19.10 and the install process froze (probably b/c I was being an idiot and running other applications at the same time). So after rebooting my computer is basically ...
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Not booting except in recovery mode

I don't even understand the problem. # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more ...
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I broke Ubuntu, I want to backup my data and reinstall it

I love Ubuntu, started using 16.04 in December. I was trying to use some terminal commands to resolve an issue with Docker, and I think that's what led to Ubuntu failing to boot thereafter. (The main ...
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How can I remove a bad program without logging in?

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04. I decided to install indicator-multiload. When I had tried to install it on Ubuntu 18.whatever, it had caused me to get logged out whenever I tried to log in. I ...
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Hard disk is not recognized by BIOS after a clean in recovery mode of UBUNTU!

My laptop had a dual boot with windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04LTS. My Ubuntu partition was low on space, when I tried to boot into ubuntu system it showed some error which suggested that I was low on ...
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How to update driver of an existing Ubuntu installation via live usb stick

For whatever reason, after a reboot of my Ubuntu 18.04 system, neither of my keyboard, mouse and network card was working any longer. I was not able to login, but the system was not frozen, since ...
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How to change a lost password of user account with full disk encryption enabled?

I have lost the password with Sudo privileges of my computer. I have searched the internet and this forum and have seen that this is usually rectified by entering recovery mode by holding the left ...
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Keyboard types only numbers while letters are typed like diamonds

In recovery mode's root shell; whenever I type a letter it appears on the screen like a diamond. You can seen an example Numbers are working great. How can I make it write out English instead of ...
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Ubuntu 18 doesn't boot after AMD driver install

I newly installed Ubuntu and so I wanted to install the drivers for my AMD rx580, downloaded the file and installed it via this guide here I tried both the normal and pro install but both gave me an ...
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Some Screen Problem

first time here! I'm having a problem and I need HELP I installed an add-on to dim my screen for the night, but the result was not so satisfying, the screen went automatically black, no way of seeing ...
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Can Reinstall macOS delete partitions?

I made an Ubuntu partition on Mac (rEFInd). I installed something that made me loose connection to Ubuntu, cannot login. Ubuntu cannot be fixed because I cannot get into recovery mood by holding down ...
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How to uninstall malfunctioning extension in recovery mode?

I installed an extension called IdleRPG from the Ubuntu software center - which crashed my computer. Now, when I try to login, this extension crashes me back to the login page. How do I remove this ...
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Problem with recovery mode

I'm running Ubuntu 18 and while I load recovery mod it only show numbers running up in increasing order and it didn't stop. How can I stop this booting and stop running recovery mode?
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OS is not loading due to Bad TLP in Recovery Mode

I am facing some problem in my Ubuntu server (16.04 LTS). All of a sudden, my monitor went black and when I forcefully opened the Grab and try the OS in recovery mode, it is showing Bad TLP with PCIe ...
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Recovering Ubuntu Desktop

I was having problem with "broken packages" error. I tried few solution but they went in vain. Then I tried one: removing source.list from /etc/apt/ I thought rebuilding source.list will fix the ...
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What should I do in emergency mode where I got couldn't find amd

Suddenly I'm facing this problem and searched for a solution, but I couldn't find anything. My laptop is a Lenovo g5070. This probably happened when the electricity came back, cause I had a problem ...
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I want my PC to boot in recovery mode by default

I have a headless 18.04 machine without screen, mouse and keyboard. I can't press keys to select the recovery mode and the machine won't show a working greeter in standard mode. So I want it to start ...
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Ubuntu 19.04 failed to boot: Failed to start MySQL Community Server

I have a problem with my Ubuntu 19.04. As soon as I tried to boot the system it stops and the message I am getting is the following: Failed to start MySQL Community Server Attached is also a photo I ...
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Boot fail after update: How to access encrypted home directory from root shell

My Ubuntu 18.04 laptop has failed to boot up since an update yesterday evening. I'm getting a "Started Hold until boot process finishes up" message. This question and answer suggest that I need to ...
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Wrong input symbols in recovery mode

ubuntu 18.04 I'm trying to reset pass (for learning purpose) and impact with input-language problem in recovery mode. It ask: "Press Enter for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue)" I try to ...
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Stuck In Emergency After Trying To Mount Drive

Was following this guide on how to mount a drive for installing steam games but then after a restart got stuck in emergency mode. https://www.instructables.com/id/Assigning-Multiple-Drives-to-Steam-...
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ubuntu root password set in recovery mode not working

I am using 19.10 upgraded from 19.04. The OS was a virtual machine image downloaded from https://www.osboxes.org/ubuntu/ the downloaded image was 19.04 which I had upgraded to 19.10 There were some ...
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Ubuntu Does not BOOT after Started GNOME

Ubuntu stuck after [OK] Started GNOME then nothing happens it doesn't even says what its doing next I remember I deleted some ppa dependencies from Ubuntu Software Center I don't know if this ...
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Unistalled Xorg, now I cannot login

I was getting the following error Ubuntu 16.04 graphics failure: (EE) error, (NI) not implemented; (EE) VESA(0): V_BIOS address 0x0 out of range After following the uninstall part of the solution in ...
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Accessing Recovery Mode

How do I access the recovery mode in Ubuntu 18.04? I don't see any form of grub bootloader when the system boots - it just goes straight into the OS.
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How can I reset my sudo password with a separate monitor?

My laptop screen has been damaged, so I have a separate monitor connected, but when I'm in recovery mode the separate monitor doesn't get the signal from the laptop so I can't see what the screen says ...
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Recovery mode error hp15

I am new in the forum :) I cant start ubuntu in my notebook hp15. I had ubuntu for a while alongside windows 10 in this computer. I used both OS normally until last week, when suddenly after ...
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System recovery: can’t manipulate encrypted files

Something has used up all the disk space on my home directory and caused my computer to freeze up. I tried to reboot and the system would not do so, and I then booted into recovery mode. Using the ...
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Ubuntu boot error: how to repair encrypted ssd from Ubuntu USB boot?

When I startup my Dell Xps 13 9350 on which the Ubuntu 18.04 is the only OS installed, after inserting the encryption/decryption password for the ssd, I get the following error. Error: failed to ...
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Problem with Grub Recovery Menu on Xubuntu 18.04.2

This is a duplicate of: fsck e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting because I can not comment there and it is obvious to me that people marking this as duplicate and the one's responding didn't really ...
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Unable to boot Ubuntu 19.04 into recovery mode

I installed Ubuntu 19.04 and Docker. I'm running some home automation containers on them. Everything was fine and I was happy. Recently one of my friends modified my user permission allowing me to ...
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TensorBook: can't enter Ubuntu desktop

I have removed Nvidia drivers using sudo apt-get remove nvidia-* and now I can’t enter desktop, I also get "A start job is running for Hold until boot process finishes up(time/no limit)", someone can ...
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There isn't any "recovery mode" line on the GRUB menu using my USB drive with Kubuntu

I'm very, very happy using my new USB drive with Kubuntu 18.04 and persistent storage, but I have this challenge. I've read the documentation linked below but there isn't any "recovery mode" line on ...
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Continuing abrupted dist-upgrade or enabling SSH in recovery mode

I accidentally cancelled the dist-upgrade of my 16.04 Ubuntu Server. The server will now not boot into normal Ubuntu but instead into (I think) recovery mode. As the server is hosted I can't really ...
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Is it possible a system recovery for non-bootable offline PC with bad-transitioned ubuntu 18.04?

Some tutorial or method through a storage device like usb or sdcard to do a recovery and be able to replace corrupted essential files of the system, in recovery mode and using command line interface. ...
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Ubuntu 16.04: I cleared PATH in .profile - now I can neither login, nor fix .profile from recovery. Is there a way I to not load .profile at startup?

So I've already looked at the guide that asked me to just change ~/.profile from recovery, but unfortunately I cannot do that since my home directory is encrypted and when I try to decrypt it from ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Attempting to change lid close action to "hibernate" broke everythinig

I have an Ubuntu 18.04 LTS laptop that dual-boots with Windows 10. I was fed up with all of my programs quitting every time I close the lid, so I attempted to change the lid close action to "hibernate,...
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how do I install GKSU or other program to edit as root to save changes in grub file at /etc/default to enable nomodeset bootup? [duplicate]

20 March 2019 inquiry In November I got a response to How do I fix a frozen black screen on Lubuntu startup? from karel to consult https://askubuntu.com/tags/nomodeset/info I initially opened grub ...
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Keyboard layout in LUKS prompt unusable (layout: russian, password: english)

i recently added the russian keyboard layout to gnome. After a reboot, I am now unable to enter my password into the LUKS prompt because somehow the keyboard layout during boot was also changed. ...
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Purple screen of death after login

I've been using Ubuntu on this machine for over a year but since yesterday I can't get past the purple screen that appears after I insert my credentials. I've tried to use nomodeset but it didn't ...
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Ubuntu not showing recovery menu

I'm new to Linux (Ubuntu) and forgot my administrative (main login) password. Now also my computer won't even login the regular user. The hard drive light is not flashing, it's dark. The screen shows ...
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From commands to recovery mode

I am currently on Ubuntu 18.04.02. The problem is that I can not log in. When I put my password everything goes in black screen. I tried everything. My idea is to run it in recovery mode, but I can ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (dual booted with Windows 10) is stuck at "Started Hold until boot process finishes up"

I think this issue might be because my root is almost completely full. The last time I successfully booted it up, I wasn't able to run certain applications (such as Google Chrome) and I'm guessing it ...
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