[04:08] <polll> hey any1 know why following this tutorial on 15.10 renders ubuntu un-bootable? http://yarenty.blogspot.ca/2014/08/how-to-fix-macbook-pro-touchpad-on.html       I ran 'systemctl  restart lightdm' and I haven't been able to boot into ubuntu since. Im using refind and 15.10 on a Macbook pro. I'm definitely a noob, my bad if this turns out to be a ridiculous question. I eventually booted on a live USB stick, and removed the lines of cod
[04:08] <polll> e I added to that file (from the tutorial) (on the actual ubuntu, not my live usb's filesystem). Still no luck. I installed boot-repair on the liveusb, but only generated a report to pastebin as I wasn't sure if running it would be the best choice of action as of yet. the report is here (https://paste.ubuntu.com/15021793/). I should probably add that by unbootable i mean it hangs at a terminal screen with "fsck from util-linux 2.26.
[04:08] <polll> 2" at the top. 2nd line is "/dev/sda5:clean, 460106/3112960 files, 3043774/12450560 blocks". At first it was hanging on something related to bluetooth. Now it hangs at Starting Light Display Manager... and deal with any system changes.signatures....". Again, if this is a ridiculous question, my apologies. I have very little experience with these types of problems.
[06:46] <darkxst> polll, we dont use lightdm in ubuntu GNOME
[06:47] <darkxst> and there is no reason that would completely break your system (even after removing the file you added)
[06:48] <polll> Right, that was my mistake for entering it. But it still did something. If it helps I'm left hanging with this command "4.402071 Bluetooth: hci0: BCM: Read verbose config info failed (-16)s.signatures......."
[06:51] <darkxst> polll, no I would think something else broke it, but just to make sure you could remove the mtrack package
[06:51] <darkxst> bluetooth error won't break your boot
[06:51] <polll> Okay, thank you. But if I cant boot into Ubuntu how can I remove the package?
[06:51] <darkxst> recovery mode
[06:52] <polll> I can't seem to access recovery mode. I've tried holding shift and it's yielded no results.
[06:52] <polll> Would the Live USB help?
[06:52] <darkxst> you just need to get the timing right, if you hit shift to early the bios probably eats it
[06:53] <darkxst> you could probably do it with the live USB, but may need to set your root via kernel commandline
[06:54] <darkxst> (I'm not really sure what the live usb offers in way of repair modes otherwise, maybe it can be done easier than that)
[06:57] <polll> I'll give the timing another try. I figured it may be of some use to send over a picture so here's where I am at currently: https://imgur.com/LZeawb3
[06:59] <darkxst> polll, are you using Ubuntu GNOME? or just plain Ubuntu?
[07:01] <darkxst> and logs would be far more useful to screenshots ;)
[07:01] <polll> Oh wow. I'm sorry, I may be in the wrong channel. I joined in a hurry and misread GNOME for GRUB. I have the default Ubuntu 15.10 desktop installation. So I'm assuming I'm not in Gnome.
[07:01] <polll> Is the pastebin of any help?
[07:02] <polll> https://paste.ubuntu.com/15021793/
[07:02] <darkxst> no
[07:03] <darkxst> Xorg.0.log might
[07:03] <darkxst> or journalctl output
[07:03] <polll> I can access the file system with the Live USB. How would I go about acquiring this log?
[07:07] <darkxst> /var/log/xorg.0.log
[07:07] <darkxst> not entirely sure if lightdm logs there or not though
[07:09] <darkxst> journalctl needs to be run from a running system, so you could boot into a systemd shell, but again that requires grub and/or setting root= params
[07:12] <darkxst> Noskcaj, can you update your vte merge to latest 0.42.4-1
[07:19] <polll> Right. I'm still not able to access the GRUB menu. But I found a lightdm logs folder. I've copied over those logs. There was a Xorg.0.log but it doesnt have much in it. I'll throw them on pastebin in a second
[07:21] <polll> here;s xorg.0.log,  https://paste.ubuntu.com/15022800/
[07:22] <polll> lightdm.log https://paste.ubuntu.com/15022802/
[07:23] <polll> x-0.log (inside the lightdm folder) https://paste.ubuntu.com/15022804/
[07:24] <darkxst> polll, Parse error on line 1 of section InputClass in file /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
[07:24] <darkxst> 	"old" is not a valid keyword in this section.
[07:24] <darkxst> thats your problem
[07:25] <polll> I did go back and remove the lines of code I added to that file, though.
[07:25] <darkxst> it must still be there or you corrupted the file somehow
[07:26] <polll> OH WOW
[07:26] <polll> There was a line missing a hashtag to comment it out...
[07:26] <polll> well, this is embarrassing.
[07:28] <darkxst> polll, and it would have been less embarrassing if you were in the right channel ;)
[07:40] <polll> Very true. Stress does wonderful things to people. Thank you so much for your time, patience, and help. I really appreciate it, as this must have been irritating.
[07:41] <darkxst> polll, np
[19:57] <craysiii> counting down the days until 16.04