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My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?

Updated to 12.10 from .04 and set the graphics to light, since it was the default option I assumed that was the one I had always been using.

So after the update the screen ends up in low graphics mode and I get a menu which I can't see, not wanting to make another uninformed decision, I google it, and find out that I just have to switch to gdm.

Low graphics mode after upgrade to 12.04

The final step was to run shutdown -r, this didn't work, it said something about not supplying TIME. So I manually shut it down assuming that it would lead to the same outcome.

spoilers: it didn't

It just boots to a black screen, I'm guessing the gdm didn't install right. Anyway I can fix this or is that all she wrote?

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  • if you check the man page of the shutdown command you will see that it needs a time argument after the option argument : shutdown [OPTION]... TIME [MESSAGE] and you should use capital H shutdown -H now http://askubuntu.com/questions/190202/difference-between-halt-and-shutdown-now#comment235859_190214 – Suhaib Nov 08 '12 at 14:59

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