Please don't take me for a Ubuntu expert, because I rarely use that OS, but is the 'loading screen' you refer to the Ubuntu loading screen or that of a bootloader (grub, maybe)? The first possibility I can see would require you to use the live CD to re-install the startup files, and you would want someone more familiar with the Ubuntu OS - 'cuz I'm Debian. The second possibility would require that you re-install the bootloader (can be tricky, but I could help you more on that one). Can you get far enough to try logging in as root and check your user settings that way?
--- On Wed, 6/29/11, Yvette Davis <[email protected]> wrote: From: Yvette Davis <[email protected]> Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Wont boot..help To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 12:00 AM My husband tried to instal MySQL while I was gone. He says the instructions said to use the terminal to run chown-rmysql. When I got home my laptop was off,so I rebooted. Now I can't log in. When I try to log in it flashes the loading screen with an error message. It flashes too quickly to read. I have an Ubuntu cd and used that to check my hard disk. All my files seem to be intact. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Dell Inspiring laptop. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Thank you Yvette [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
