**This video is four years old** (Most of this is unneeded today, as the tools for recovery have evolved a LOT since 2007) "Recovering from a black screen after a kernel upgrade in Ubuntu."
the interesting thing is that "ssh -X" was working so good, I could access it from my laptop..even I had opened software center, and tried all the methods discussed in whatever forum... next you know the story.
did alt+ctrl+f1,tried to reinstall the things but as I had forgotten, what exactly I removed so couldn't install all... and whole night I struggled finally it showed up in "startx" and I though may be upgrading from 10.04 to 11.04 may work... so did "update-manager -d"... got the new upgrade 12.04, started the process, everything went fine..finally the final step "restart the computer" came up..I did it.. and then after reboot stuck in the black screen
ok, le'me tell u the truth... actually my ssh was not working... I tried to edit the know hosts and all din't work... and then I messed up things.Open software center removed ssh and along with that I removed graphics and xserver.. and what else I don't remember... suddenly aflet that the computer automatically rebooted and never started well again, tried the recovery mode.din't work.
@wormholica 12.04, eh? You're braver than me. I never upgrade when a new release is out. Never goes well. At least not on a PC I use daily, that is. Running Linux Mint 11 on my desktop, 12 on my netbook and an old LTS edition on my other laptop. Not sure what the machine specs are, but there may be a catch with them. I use Mint since they rate their updates based on how safe each are. They mark their Ubuntu updates as dangerous sometimes.
reply part 3: I can conclude that there are random reasons behind all these disasters.. may not be random but for a new user finding out the cause is near impossible... so one , like me, should keep on trying all the methods (provided any of those cause potential damage to the system :-) )....
reply part 2: I tried the method of this video too... :-( no result... tried to update by CD... but the problem is my system is Ubuntu 12.04... CD was an older version... !!! finally.. from some where I got the above method and it worked... so I was excited to share this with the screwed/going to be screwed friends :-) .... I din't find the page so I could not refer the page from where I had got this method....
thanks for the reply... by the way I din't check the age of this video...!! The tragedy happened to my life just yesterday... so the issue was new to me... and I know little about linux...I googled the whole night... and tried all the methods found randomly here and there... this particular method worked for me after the long and tragic struggle... the machine was my lab-machine where all my instruments were connected and my project is going on.. I thought I am screwed...
@TheDuck1234 Sorry if I made this seem worse than I meant it. Most PCs are in fact, built with Windows drivers in mind. It's a fact of life. The good news is that most can get things to work.
You bet it can be frustrating. But don't give up, instead, give me *specifics* as to what is creating errors for you? Device type/model/details. Visit my website's contact page so I can help you without this YT character limit. YT drives me nuts. If you'd rather pass, that's okay too. No worries
@ctsdownloads Thanks alot ! I guess my PC is just too much of a "made for windows" kind to work, so I will give it a pass for now. I could not for the love of god get ether wireless or wired to work on Ubuntu and i tryed a ton of "how to make it work" guide before giving up.
@TheDuck1234 (even more cont.) .......Kidding aside, I have TONS of legacy peripherals that all fail with Win 7. Canon scanner, bluetooth dongle, wireless adapter, the list keeps going. Worse, because it's 64bit Windows, there are no drivers for these devices.
Buy made for Linux hardware. System76, ZaReason, etc. Otherwise, you're choosing to install on a Made for Windows box. And yes, with compatible devices, wireless works very well. Hope this clears the mystery a little better. Good luck.
@ctsdownloads
reply no-III:
the interesting thing is that "ssh -X" was working so good, I could access it from my laptop..even I had opened software center, and tried all the methods discussed in whatever forum... next you know the story.
wormholica 2 weeks ago
@ctsdownloads
reply no-II:
did alt+ctrl+f1,tried to reinstall the things but as I had forgotten, what exactly I removed so couldn't install all... and whole night I struggled finally it showed up in "startx" and I though may be upgrading from 10.04 to 11.04 may work... so did "update-manager -d"... got the new upgrade 12.04, started the process, everything went fine..finally the final step "restart the computer" came up..I did it.. and then after reboot stuck in the black screen
wormholica 2 weeks ago
@ctsdownloads
reply-I:
ok, le'me tell u the truth... actually my ssh was not working... I tried to edit the know hosts and all din't work... and then I messed up things.Open software center removed ssh and along with that I removed graphics and xserver.. and what else I don't remember... suddenly aflet that the computer automatically rebooted and never started well again, tried the recovery mode.din't work.
wormholica 2 weeks ago
@wormholica 12.04, eh? You're braver than me. I never upgrade when a new release is out. Never goes well. At least not on a PC I use daily, that is. Running Linux Mint 11 on my desktop, 12 on my netbook and an old LTS edition on my other laptop. Not sure what the machine specs are, but there may be a catch with them. I use Mint since they rate their updates based on how safe each are. They mark their Ubuntu updates as dangerous sometimes.
ctsdownloads 2 weeks ago
@ctsdownloads
reply part 3: I can conclude that there are random reasons behind all these disasters.. may not be random but for a new user finding out the cause is near impossible... so one , like me, should keep on trying all the methods (provided any of those cause potential damage to the system :-) )....
bye bye.,,,,
wormholica 2 weeks ago
@ctsdownloads
reply part 2: I tried the method of this video too... :-( no result... tried to update by CD... but the problem is my system is Ubuntu 12.04... CD was an older version... !!! finally.. from some where I got the above method and it worked... so I was excited to share this with the screwed/going to be screwed friends :-) .... I din't find the page so I could not refer the page from where I had got this method....
wormholica 2 weeks ago
@ctsdownloads
thanks for the reply... by the way I din't check the age of this video...!! The tragedy happened to my life just yesterday... so the issue was new to me... and I know little about linux...I googled the whole night... and tried all the methods found randomly here and there... this particular method worked for me after the long and tragic struggle... the machine was my lab-machine where all my instruments were connected and my project is going on.. I thought I am screwed...
wormholica 2 weeks ago
@TheDuck1234 Sorry if I made this seem worse than I meant it. Most PCs are in fact, built with Windows drivers in mind. It's a fact of life. The good news is that most can get things to work.
You bet it can be frustrating. But don't give up, instead, give me *specifics* as to what is creating errors for you? Device type/model/details. Visit my website's contact page so I can help you without this YT character limit. YT drives me nuts. If you'd rather pass, that's okay too. No worries
ctsdownloads 2 weeks ago
@ctsdownloads Thanks alot ! I guess my PC is just too much of a "made for windows" kind to work, so I will give it a pass for now. I could not for the love of god get ether wireless or wired to work on Ubuntu and i tryed a ton of "how to make it work" guide before giving up.
TheDuck1234 2 weeks ago
@TheDuck1234 (even more cont.) .......Kidding aside, I have TONS of legacy peripherals that all fail with Win 7. Canon scanner, bluetooth dongle, wireless adapter, the list keeps going. Worse, because it's 64bit Windows, there are no drivers for these devices.
Buy made for Linux hardware. System76, ZaReason, etc. Otherwise, you're choosing to install on a Made for Windows box. And yes, with compatible devices, wireless works very well. Hope this clears the mystery a little better. Good luck.
ctsdownloads 2 weeks ago