Thanks for the tip. I checked the apt history but nothing seemed amiss. But I didn't really know what to look for.
Robin On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Dafydd Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm, you might want to check your apt history to see if something got > updated in the background that is causing the problem. > > -Dafydd > > > On 10/11/2012 12:06 PM, Richard Carter wrote: > >> This morning for the first time ubuntu 12.04 LTS wouldn't start. Here >> are the details. >> >> My desktop PC has 2 drives: a 500GB HD and a 256GB SSD. Ubuntu 12.04 is >> installed on the SSD and Debian 6.0 is installed on the HD. Up until now >> both worked well: Debian still works well. >> >> When I boot to Ubuntu the system gets to the point where the wallpaper to >> be used for the desktop is displayed together with a small window asking >> for user name and password. When I enter the password I get the message ' >> Failed to load session "cairo-dock" ' and a log out button is displayed. I >> get the same response when I try the other log in options available in the >> small window. >> >> I then started in recovery mode and tried: fsck, clean, dpkg(fix broken >> packages) and grub(update boot loader). None of these had any effect. >> >> I would be grateful for advice. >> >> Robin >> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/**listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca<http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca> > Mailing List Guidelines > (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.**php<http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php> > ) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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