Sunday, November 4, 2018

12.10 - Ubuntu boots to black screen after update



Updated to 12.10 from .04 and set the graphics to light, since it was the default option I assumed that was the one I had always been using.


So after the update the screen ends up in low graphics mode and I get a menu which I can't see, not wanting to make another uninformed decision, I google it, and find out that I just have to switch to gdm.


Low graphics mode after upgrade to 12.04


The final step was to run shutdown -r, this didn't work, it said something about not supplying TIME. So I manually shut it down assuming that it would lead to the same outcome.


spoilers: it didn't


It just boots to a black screen, I'm guessing the gdm didn't install right. Anyway I can fix this or is that all she wrote?

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