Can't log into 24.04 and 22.04 won't boot since post installation bug blasted graphics interface
I have two SSDs. 22.04, 23.10 & Windows are installed on one and I just installed 24.04 on the other. I first created a new partition by shrinking the /home partition and creating the new partition in the now unused space.
I downloaded Gnome-Tweaks to 24.04 and when I changed the pointer, the graphics display blew up and was replaced with a white screen with a picture of a sad face on a computer and:
"Oh no! Something has gone wrong.
A problem has occurred and the system can’t recover.
Please log out and try again."
No mouse pointer is present, only a button that says Log Out, which when pressed takes me back to the login screen.
I reinstalled 24.04 from a Live USB as before. The grub menu is the same as it was, but nothing changed when I logged into 24.04, same white screen. Then I rebooted and selected 22.04, but this now never even gets to the login screen. Instead I get five lines of error text followed by: "You are in emergency mode." I can do nothing from this point.
I can boot fine to Windows and also 23.10, which I’m using to write this. My files are in another partition and seem fine.
Help! Is there a way I can recover my system? Thanks.
24.04 is still a very new version. You should wait at least for 24.04.1 until you upgrade. Many people are facing problem right now with this new version.
Report your bugs and give the developers a few weeks to react.
I realised my 22.04 boot issue was that a partition got reformatted during 24.04 installation and the UUID was changed. I had to edit the 22.04 /etc/fstab file to replace the old UUID with the new so that 22.04 would boot. Once I was back in 22.04, I restored my .config dir and logged back in to find that the change to the RedGlass pointer was working. So I ran gnome-tweaks and changed it back to Yaru, rebooted to 24.04 and all is fine.
The gnome-tweaks bug has been confirmed, which is also good news.
THanks.