failed online update 12.10 to 13.04 black screen

[Uriah Heep]

just type startx and press enter

you should either get a normal kde desktop or some error message

I got a box stating I had failed to load session gnome
Prior to that about a paragraph that passed before I could blink.


On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:47 AM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 29/05/2013 08:08, Uriah Heep wrote:
>
>> try pressing ctrl+alt+F2 or F3 and see if you get a login prompt. If so,
>> logon with normal username/password. Then run command startx and see
>> what output you get
>>
>>
>> After my initial log in and black screen I did as you suggested and
>> wound up on the cl. There were comments that I was using 13.04 and that
>> there was a new release 1304 and the usual disclaimer that nothing was
>> guaranteed.  Assuming I am supposed to be at cl what do I need to enter
>> to run comman startx?
>> Thanks  Uriah
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:46 PM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com
>> <mailto:o.sinclair at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 29/05/2013 05:36, Uriah Heep wrote:
>>
>>         I have a basic Lenovo G580 laptop with and Intel I5 running at
>>         2.5 GHz
>>         and except for adding a second four gig stick of memory I have not
>>         modified it.  Video is handled by the I5.  Of course, Windows 8
>> was
>>         installed though I would rather not have to pay for it.  I
>> installed
>>         Kubuntu 12.10 in a dual boot configuration and have been using
>>         it for
>>         three months without issue.  I then did an online upgrade to
>> Kubuntu
>>         13.04.  I rebooted the password screen came up, I entered my
>>         password
>>         hit enter, and now have a black screen with the exception of the
>>         mouse
>>         cursor.  When experimenting hitting the print screen button
>>         brought up
>>         the screen capture program.  From there I was able to get into
>>         Firefox
>>         on exiting Firefox I was again confronted with a black screen.
>>           After
>>         invoking screen copy again, I was able to get printscreen to
>>         show other
>>         areas such as root, grub, etc.
>>
>>         Would anyone be able to suggest a way I could get my regular
>>         home screen
>>         back?
>>
>>
>>     try pressing ctrl+alt+F2 or F3 and see if you get a login prompt. If
>>     so, logon with normal username/password. Then run command startx and
>>     see what output you get
>>
>>  just type startx and press enter
>
> you should either get a normal kde desktop or some error message
>
>
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