Urgent advise needed. Only guest profile accesible, my own profile not.

[O. Sinclair]

On 30/09/2013 03:32, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Monday, September 30, 2013 03:18:10 AM Bas Roufs wrote:
>> Is it possible to save my data via the Kubuntu 13.04 installation DVD
>> together with an external HD? If so, I consider to alltogether reinstall
>> the system after saving the data. My last backup is from 1 week ago.
>>
>
> Huh??  Doesn't sound like a "end of earth" problem to me...  but that's just
> me.
>
> Can't you ctl-Fx at the login screen or go into single user mode at boot time
> (recovery mode)?
>
> Firefox should never be able to totally kill your system.
>
> Grab control at boot and rename the firefox module......
>
>
>
>>
>> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
>>
>>> I am wondering whether there is a way to UNinstall Firefox temporalily -
>>> because that program has caused the troubles.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> Until a few versions ago, I would have troubleshooted via a terminal that
>>>> I could open as superuser in the startup menu. But now, - Kubuntu 13.04-
>>>> I
>>>> do not see this terminal any more. At the laptop, there is just Kubuntu
>>>> 13.04, not any other system.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/9/30 Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Everybody,
>>>>>
>>>>> something went terribly wrong, because of which I do not manage any more
>>>>> to access my own user profile. Reason: at some moment after starting up
>>>>> the
>>>>> system, the system freezes - probably because of a problem caused by
>>>>> Firefox. Several times, I have tried to access my profile, but it gets
>>>>> stuck every time now. Please, help - urgent advise needed.
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
It sound strange to me as well that Firefox would totally block your 
system?

But to answer one of your questions: yes you can access your data from a 
live CD/USB. Also if you reinstall with exactly the same username and 
leave /home unformatted (given you have a separate /home partition) your 
data will not be changed even by a fresh installation.