Can't boot 14.04

[Jim]

On 11/06/2016 10:08 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 6 November 2016 at 14:16, Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Right now I am booted to 12.04 on the same machine.  What do I need to do to
>> fix the problem?
>
>
> If you press Ctrl+Alt+F1 on the login screen, do you get a console and
> a login prompt?
>
> If so, log in there, and then you can try:
>
> sudo apt install -f
>
> If you have an internet connection, you can also do:
>
> sudo apt update
> sudo apt full-upgrade
>
> Then press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot.
>
> If that doesn't fix things, go to the console again, and try removing
> the nVidia driver. There are a whole flurry of posts of people
> reporting problems with the latest nVidia driver.
>

Liam,

I see I never replied to you though I did what you suggested. My 
apologies, I got so involved with trying Ralf's ideas and googling after 
I tried your suggestions,  I did not get back to you.

Regards,  Jim