Stuck mid login screen

[Andrés Muñiz Piniella]

Got it thanks. So I will need a second usb stick or a second hard drive. Open up the computer and disconnect the existing hard drive.

I'll give it a go. 

By the way the OS I had installed was 14.04.2 I will try it out with that again.

El 9 de mayo de 2015 09:06:54 GMT+01:00, Narcis Garcia <informatica at actiu.net> escribió:
>You can use an USB device like a hard disk*. You can install the
>operating system in the USB device as the only present disk in the
>computer (if a disk with OS is already present, disconnect it
>previously).
>
>Then you can test and reproduce this issue with a fresh install, and
>maybe isolate the point or step when it fails (install same version,
>update,...). If it doesn't fail, then there is some specific
>configuration in your productive system that interferes.
>
>(*) To boot directly from USB, you may need to press some key when
>powering the computer on.
>
>
>El 09/05/15 a les 09:04, Andrés Muñiz Piniella ha escrit:
>> Thank you Narcis.
>> 
>> Do you mean to create a live USB of 14.04 and later update? Or do you
>mean using a live usb of 15.04?
>> 
>> I seem to recall the live USB logs in directly not going through the
>login screen.
>> 
>> El 9 de mayo de 2015 07:59:40 GMT+01:00, Narcis Garcia
><informatica at actiu.net> escribió:
>>> Does it happen in a Live-CD session?
>>> If not, could you test it with an USB updated installation?
>>>
>>>
>>> El 08/05/15 a les 19:14, Andrés Muñiz Piniella ha escrit:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I am (was) using ubuntugnome 14.04 loving it. I did get some
>internal
>>>> error which I reported but could continue using my computer some
>>>> programs rebooted but I think it was mainly firefox after I ran
>sync
>>>> from my (previous, now deleted) ubuntu 14.10 install.
>>>>
>>>> After the last update (2 weeks ago) after boot it seems to get into
>>> that
>>>> zooming in state of login: the screen is slightly smaller than
>>> before.
>>>> Keyboard and mouse does not respond but keyboard works for bios
>>> setup.
>>>>
>>>> The ethernet shows disconnected as well.
>>>> Looked at search engine but seem to suggest using Ps2 keyboard but
>I
>>> do
>>>> not have that.
>>>>
>>>> I've left it for a while(more than 3 hours) and the screen goes
>off.
>>> I
>>>> then tap the power button and I get the block screen (the one that
>>> needs
>>>> mouse drag).
>>>>
>>>> The only way I got to shutdown is holding down power button or
>>> restart
>>>> button.
>>>>
>>>> I can create a live USB if it helps.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>> 
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