Just updated to 14.10. It said update complete but with errors. I could go up to log in screen. But neither my user name nor guest session works. It says
Failed to start session
And the worst part is there is no option which desktop environment I am supposed to log in. Could it be that there is no desktop environment at all ? Any solution will be great. Currently from live CD and waiting for reply.
With same issues, I could simply use Alt + CTRL + F1 (terminal mode, use your ID and password to login) after reaching log in option, and get myself to install Cinnamon desktop (somehow Ubuntu Unity won't install and same with gnome 3 and flashback) using commands
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-nightly
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
Switch back to GUI mode using ALT + CTRL + F7 and use normal log in method.
do-release-upgrade
gave the following result
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
No new release found
