Boot up routine not getting to login
by Alok Rai from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5AY4J)
I have been using LM 19 XFCE for some time - on a different computer. Suddenly, a bewildering new problem has cropped up. When I try and boot up the computer, it starts the boot routine, and even shows me the LM logo, but then it refuses to go beyond that - onto the login screen.
After several tries, I abandoned hope of getting it to work again. And then I booted it up with a boot disk that had LM 19 on it. So I can get the computer to work, but all the data that I had on it has become unavailable. However, I managed to salvage some data from backups, and so reformatted the disk with LM 19 XFCE afresh. BUT IT FAILS TO GET TO THE LOGIN SCREEN AGAIN!
I had been using it perfectly happily for many months with that very same download of LM 19, so am completely at my wit's end as to what might have happened.
After several tries, I abandoned hope of getting it to work again. And then I booted it up with a boot disk that had LM 19 on it. So I can get the computer to work, but all the data that I had on it has become unavailable. However, I managed to salvage some data from backups, and so reformatted the disk with LM 19 XFCE afresh. BUT IT FAILS TO GET TO THE LOGIN SCREEN AGAIN!
I had been using it perfectly happily for many months with that very same download of LM 19, so am completely at my wit's end as to what might have happened.