16.04 update/dist-upgrade

[Colin Law]

On 14 March 2018 at 07:33, Grizzly via ubuntu-users <
ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi All
>
> After having hugep[1] problems following an attempt to get my old stable
> 16.04
> system to hwe, I made a complete (Duel boot with Win7) fresh install from a
> 16.04.3 USB, the tried to run
>
> ~$ sudo update -y && sudo dist-upgrade
>
> all went smoothly, but once I re-booted I was back to the previous
> unuseable
> situation [1]
>

After it has failed, boot off a live image and look at /var/log/syslog on
the hard disk to see if there are any clues as to the problem.
Have you got auto-logon enabled?  If yes then disable it. If no then I
presume you are not even getting the logon screen.

Colin
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