Desktop goes black after logging in [on hold]
I run a desktop with Ubuntu. After the grub and login, the screen goes black with the mouse visible. I have tried all the suggestions in the related posts with no success. When I try to install ubuntu-desktop or apt-get install -f I get a long list of messages 'such and such package but it is not going to be installed', ending with
"unable to correct problem, you have packages held broken".
I do not want to loose the near 1TB in various data in the disk with a radical solution like reinstalling. The disk is about 75% full.
The command
$dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
comes back empty. I only have access to terminal. CTRL-ALT-F7 does nothing.
Who knows what to do?
boot desktop-environments
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I run a desktop with Ubuntu. After the grub and login, the screen goes black with the mouse visible. I have tried all the suggestions in the related posts with no success. When I try to install ubuntu-desktop or apt-get install -f I get a long list of messages 'such and such package but it is not going to be installed', ending with
"unable to correct problem, you have packages held broken".
I do not want to loose the near 1TB in various data in the disk with a radical solution like reinstalling. The disk is about 75% full.
The command
$dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
comes back empty. I only have access to terminal. CTRL-ALT-F7 does nothing.
Who knows what to do?
boot desktop-environments
asked 1 hour ago
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This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – DK Bose, mikewhatever, karel, Emmet, guiverc
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I take it you have checked you have network access? Have you installed anything out-of-tree or deleted anything? Have you triedapt clean,apt autocleanorapt autoremove?
– tudor
57 mins ago
FYI, a package can be held broken but not stop installation. It may be a red herring.
– tudor
57 mins ago
tudor - yes I did.
– user3067676
13 mins ago
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I run a desktop with Ubuntu. After the grub and login, the screen goes black with the mouse visible. I have tried all the suggestions in the related posts with no success. When I try to install ubuntu-desktop or apt-get install -f I get a long list of messages 'such and such package but it is not going to be installed', ending with
"unable to correct problem, you have packages held broken".
I do not want to loose the near 1TB in various data in the disk with a radical solution like reinstalling. The disk is about 75% full.
The command
$dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
comes back empty. I only have access to terminal. CTRL-ALT-F7 does nothing.
Who knows what to do?
boot desktop-environments
asked 1 hour ago
user3067676user3067676
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I run a desktop with Ubuntu. After the grub and login, the screen goes black with the mouse visible. I have tried all the suggestions in the related posts with no success. When I try to install ubuntu-desktop or apt-get install -f I get a long list of messages 'such and such package but it is not going to be installed', ending with
"unable to correct problem, you have packages held broken".
I do not want to loose the near 1TB in various data in the disk with a radical solution like reinstalling. The disk is about 75% full.
The command
$dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
comes back empty. I only have access to terminal. CTRL-ALT-F7 does nothing.
Who knows what to do?
boot desktop-environments
boot desktop-environments
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put on hold as off-topic by DK Bose, mikewhatever, karel, Emmet, guiverc 28 mins ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – DK Bose, mikewhatever, karel, Emmet, guiverc
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
put on hold as off-topic by DK Bose, mikewhatever, karel, Emmet, guiverc 28 mins ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix & Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow." – DK Bose, mikewhatever, karel, Emmet, guiverc
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
I take it you have checked you have network access? Have you installed anything out-of-tree or deleted anything? Have you triedapt clean,apt autocleanorapt autoremove?
– tudor
57 mins ago
FYI, a package can be held broken but not stop installation. It may be a red herring.
– tudor
57 mins ago
tudor - yes I did.
– user3067676
13 mins ago
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I take it you have checked you have network access? Have you installed anything out-of-tree or deleted anything? Have you triedapt clean,apt autocleanorapt autoremove?
– tudor
57 mins ago
FYI, a package can be held broken but not stop installation. It may be a red herring.
– tudor
57 mins ago
tudor - yes I did.
– user3067676
13 mins ago
I take it you have checked you have network access? Have you installed anything out-of-tree or deleted anything? Have you tried
apt clean, apt autoclean or apt autoremove?– tudor
57 mins ago
I take it you have checked you have network access? Have you installed anything out-of-tree or deleted anything? Have you tried
apt clean, apt autoclean or apt autoremove?– tudor
57 mins ago
FYI, a package can be held broken but not stop installation. It may be a red herring.
– tudor
57 mins ago
FYI, a package can be held broken but not stop installation. It may be a red herring.
– tudor
57 mins ago
tudor - yes I did.
– user3067676
13 mins ago
tudor - yes I did.
– user3067676
13 mins ago
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I take it you have checked you have network access? Have you installed anything out-of-tree or deleted anything? Have you tried
apt clean,apt autocleanorapt autoremove?– tudor
57 mins ago
FYI, a package can be held broken but not stop installation. It may be a red herring.
– tudor
57 mins ago
tudor - yes I did.
– user3067676
13 mins ago