A few hours ago I upgraded from 14.04 (LTS) to 16.04 (LTS), and following a restart, discovered that I couldn't reach the login screen.
I did some research and found that a Ctrl+Alt+F{1,2} would allow me to enter a terminal. This didn't work, but what it did show me was the issue:
"A start job is running for Hold... finishes up (time since start / no limit)".
There are other posts about this, but every single one starts with:
- Rebooting into recovery mode - I can't do this, with both shift keys I never enter recovery mode.
- Booting from a disc - I just burnt the latest (16.04.1) iso to a DVD and attempted to boot from it, it took me to the exact same blank screen.
Since neither work, I can't even attempt to patch the issue.
Has anyone any ideas? I'd like to follow the other posts which list solutions, but being taken to a blank screen and no terminal is making me pull my hair out!
P.S I attempted to find terminal access using Ctrl+Alt+F keys 2 through 6, but they all list the same log entry ("A start job...").
Thanks in advance!
