Thursday, January 21, 2016

boot - Ubuntu 18.04 not loading




I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 from 16.04. On startup the display is black for 15 minutes, doesn’t boot and is stuck indefinitely displaying Ubuntu logo. Kindly let me know how do I boot successfully as I don’t want to lose my important files.



Stuck indefinitely displaying Ubuntu logo



I followed the steps below in order;



1) To connect to Wi-Fi from command line, I followed the instructions from this link ->
https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/connect-to-the-internet-from-the-command-line-on-linux/




2) Once the Wi-Fi connection was established, broken packages were fixed referring to the link below;



http://www.iasptk.com/ubuntu-fix-broken-package-best-solution/



3) Finally, the OS was upgraded according to this article →
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-18-04


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