I want my desktop back

Question

I was upgrading from 22.04 to 23.04, because of audio issues and some 'Depend" results during the start-up process, I was not able to look in to. The process began with software upgrade informing me a upgrade was available, so I opted to upgrade to 23.04 in hopes that the writers have correct the problem(s). The process went well and I half was through to upgrade when I notice popped up suggest I "re-boot" to clear a problem the install program found. I have never heard of 're-booting' during a install program and before I could see what was asked of me, the install began and I would have to do my 're-boot' when the upgrade was complete. Then that's when things turned black with a single blinking cursor in the upper left corner. I waited and waited for the my screen to return to it's familiar form. Yet I was to be shunned by the now solid black screen and when I hit the power button, it shut down faster than , well , any pc ever shutdown before. Upon hitting the power button once more- things were happening and what was happening onscreen looked familiar. In a short 3 minutes I would witness the screen ask for my password and go black, never to return in the session. the keyboard was lifeless and the speakers still were lifeless . Something that began after the upgrade to 22.04 a few days ago. There was a word that 23.04 included a fix for the audio and now I am here asking if there is a way to awaken my desktop once more. I could see a among all of the 'OK's" scrolling down that there is six lines which began with "Depend" in red, and I hoped it would not effect the upgrade and as I was not looking at the screen when whatever occurred, bringing me back to the single cursor and black screen. I was looking at trying to re-install 23.04 from DVD.s I don't know if it can boot from a DVD(s)in it's present shape. William

Answer 1

Try this:

A. Boot your PC with the Ubuntu Live DVD/USB.

B. Open a terminal,

Press Ctrl+Alt+T

C. Use fdisk utility to list the partitions on a hard drive.

sudo fdisk -l

Suppose it informs that / is /dev/sda1, continue running:

sudo umount /dev/sda1
sudo fsck -y /dev/sda1
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
sudo mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts
sudo mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
sudo mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
sudo chroot /mnt
nano /etc/resolv.conf

In the open file paste these lines:

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

Ctrl+O Save File

Ctrl+X Close nano

Continue running:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

In the open file delete content and paste these lines:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lunar main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lunar-security main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lunar-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lunar-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lunar-backports main restricted universe multiverse

Ctrl+O Save File

Ctrl+X Close nano

Continue running:

dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install
apt-get -m install
apt-get update
apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
exit
sudo reboot