Ubuntu 16.0.1 LTS seems to be stuck at wallpaper screen.

[Colin Law]

On 2 August 2016 at 22:10, Jared Buck <jared.buck at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I seem to have a  major problem with the newest LTS version. I can boot to
> the log in screen fine and enter my password, but after that icons and the
> rest of the interface are either taking a long time to load or it is sort of
> frozen. The mouse pointer moves fine but nothing else is loading.
>
> The OS is installed on an SSD so it shouldn't take forever to load, right? I
> had logged out of Ubuntu because I didn't want to use the GUI update manager
> and I didn't know how to shut down the update process (it was downloading
> updates when I logged out).  So yeah, did I just break my Ubuntu install or
> can this be fixed?

I suggest first letting it complete the update. Hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 which
should take you to a terminal.  Login there and run
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
if there are any errors come back to us.  Then reboot using
sudo reboot
and see if that helps

Colin

>
> Jared
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-users mailing list
> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>