On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM Mark Phillips via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> I am running Ubuntu 20.04 on my Oryx Pro laptop. I performed a normal > update/upgrade and after a reboot, a white screen appeared with a sad > monitor graphic and "Oh no, something went wrong!" message. > It could be that something is wrong with the Ubuntu Desktop Environment (GDM) but the underlying OS (CLI console) may still be accessible. Ctrl+Alt+F2 (or F3,F4,F5,F6) to switch to TTY command console. And then follow the steps in the following tutorial https://fostips.com/something-gone-wrong-login-screen-ubuntu/ Hopefully this will resolve the issue. > I have 2 drives, one for the OS and one for /home/mark in the machine (sym > link to OS drive). I created a writable Ubuntu 24.04 Live USB stick and I > can boot the machine and access both drives. What diagnostics should I run > to diagnose the problem? Especially to determine if I need a new OS drive. > > > Or, should I just install Ubuntu 24.04 on the OS drive? The downside is > the time needed installing all my apps and removing/reinstalling the > /home/mark drive (so I don't mess that up!). > If the above tutorial does *not* resolve the login issue, then a fresh install may be more expeditious to write a small script to install all your extra apps (packages). BTW, I It's good that you have your "HOME" on a different disk partition; you can tell the installer to mount "HOME" disk partition on /home (there's no extra work involved). > System76 tech support was next to worthless. Waited 6 days for "We are > very busy so just reinstall the OS". > Good to know about System76 support. Good luck. -- Arun Khan
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