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Hi everybody,
I restarted my Thinkpad T61 yesterday after upgrading firefox in the terminal, and the login screen was frozen so I wasn't able to enter my password. I tried several more times, including running the recovery mode boot, to no avail.
Any idea what could have happened or what I can do about it?
Many thanks!
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03-07-2020, 03:21 PM
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Can you access a terminal from a function key like F2?
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F2 doesn't do anything, nor does any other key...
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Might be worth a try... If cannot access PC/desktop
Try a reboot..
After grub/kernel option screen... hit esc (maybe shift) key should show boot process / whats loading/running and where it will hang or errors..
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Still no way to type my pw in and finish startup, but i can get to a terminal by pressing f2 from the grub screen. What can I do then, in terminal?
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Shift does nothing, and hitting escape from the grub options screen just returns me to the grub menu. I don't know how to find the boot process, or what's wrong.
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Even after the grub screen - when screen goes blank??? About the time of the feather / boot splash screen...
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Yes indeed. Still haven't figured this out--there's a hangup at the login screen such that the cursor won't move and I can't type anything, but the clock is still moving, so it's not completely frozen.
Now I'm having a different as well, when I boot from my install drive, which I'll post about in a new topic.
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You need to run fsck /dev/sda1 or whatever part your fs is on from the terminal first. Then afterwards try F6 or F7 and see if the login screen comes up functional, or start lightdm, or login from the terminal.
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