Whenever I start Ubuntu (running via VMWare), the boot process gets stuck at
Stopping System V runlevel compatibility
I browsed through many answers here and elsewhere, but they mention going into tty1 using Ctrl+Alt+F1. However, the combination of Ctrl+Alt+F(1-9) doesn't seem to work, because there is no change in the screen contents. All I can see are the displayed boot commands. So how do I resolve this error? Please note that I am unable to get past this screen, so cannot make any changes in Ubuntu's files via the terminal.
Edit: Not a duplicate question, because the suggested approaches (of going into tty1) don't work.
I ran into the same problem after updating Ubuntu yesterday.
Apparently the newly installed kernel is the problem. To solve this restart your virtual machine from the top down menu of VMWare. During restart hold the "Esc" key pressed. Choose the advanced settings option. Choose the second newest kernel. You should be able to log in now.
Now you have to remove the newly installed Kernel:
Adapted from How to delete a non-working kernel after update?:
To safely remove the unwanted kernel, open a terminal session and run the command:
Find the kernel package name
dpkg -l | grep 3.19.0-51
On amd64/x86_64 it is linux-image-3.19.0-51-generic.
Remove (purge - remove all configuration files as well)
sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.19.0-51-generic
Hope this helped!
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