On 11/18/2014 10:52 AM, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 11/18/2014 08:55 AM, Adrian Blake wrote: >> Using Lubuntu 14.04. After a software update/reboot yesterday could >> not access my desktop. Can still access the GRUB menu. How can I get >> my desktop back? I want to back up my files before anything else >> unexpected happens! > Adrian: > > If the live-CD will run (or a live-CD of a prior level) will run on > the machine, you can access the files on your hard-disk, and copy them > somewhere to save them. I have several times rescued files from a > non-bootable system that way. > > You could use gparted to even re-size a partition and create a > partition from the freed-space, though re-sizing introduces an element > of risk. > > A high-capacity USB drive, or a USB external hard-disk would be a good > place to copy things to. > > You won't be able to use the CD/DVD drive to copy-to if you're using > it for the live CD/DVD. Of course, a live-USB system would make > writing to CD/DVD an option. > > -- > Sincerely, > Aere > > Hi, Another option is the recovery mode. Boot into it, acces your home folder and move your .config to another location... I usually do something like:
mv ~/.config ~/configbackup mv ~/.cache ~/cachebackup reboot You can then recopy your important folders back (like mozilla for your bookmarks, etc....) -- Regards
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