lost bootup to desktop

[Andrew Jarrett]

On Dec 14, 2007 7:45 PM, nepal <nepal.roade at virgin.net> wrote:
> I had a power cut today while Kubuntu 7.10 was up and
> running. When I try to boot the pc, I see the Kubuntu
> loading screen with the blue progress bar for a few seconds
> then I get a black screen with just a flashing cursor in
> the top corner. No x seems to be loaded, I can do nothing
> at this point except reboot with Ctrl+Alt+Del. Ctrl+Alt+BS
> does nothing. Is my system screwed or is it possible to get
> it back up and running.
>
> Note I have/had Nvidia drivers installed.
>
> Can anyone advise please?
>
> TIA
>
> nepal

Try editing GRUB to boot Kubuntu without the splash screen (Turn on
comp, highlight Kubuntu, hit 'e' to edit the boot options, and then
remove the option that says something about "splash" or replace it
with "nosplash").  Now you should be able to see where your comp is
hanging during boot.

HTH

Andrew

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