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I moved from an FX-6300 to an i5-4690k so I could have an ITX-size computer, and transplanted both the hard drive and the GPU. Gnome wasn't very happy about this, so now when I try to boot normally, it gets to the point with the Gnome foot and the three blinking dots under it, but after a moment the dots stop blinking and they all turn light. After that the computer just sits at that screen forever, not doing anything. I have found though if I boot into recovery mode, it goes through a bunch of scrolling text, and then it says something like "an error has occurred" and it gives me a list of things I can do to fix it, like updating GRUB or validating the packages.

Here is a screenshot of the error:

Screenshot about i915 graphics needed to start a graphical shell such as gnome

It works fine if I simply tell it to continue booting, but if I try to validate the packages it says it needs to download 1,250KB of data. I tell it to do that, and then it brings me back to the list of things I can do to solve the error. If I select validate packages again, it does the same thing, as if it was unsuccessful... What is happening here?

I'm trying to fix this because I'm moving from a 1TB HDD to a 500GB SSD at the same time (all the data will fit), and I want to get everything working before I copy it to the SSD. (It would also be helpful if anyone knew what software I can use to do this, but that's a different question).

David Foerster
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O.K. Try this:

  1. Reboot into recovery mode
  2. Press enter on all of the following menu items (IN ORDER!!)
    1. network
      1. yes
    2. root
  3. Type apt-get install --reinstall gnome-shell and press enter
  4. Type y if asked confirmation to reinstall
  5. Type reboot press enter

If that didn't work try this:

  1. Reboot into recovery mode
  2. Press enter on all of the following menu items (IN ORDER!!)
    1. network
      1. yes
    2. root
  3. Type apt-get purge gnome-shell and press enter
  4. Type y if asked confirmation to remove
  5. Type apt-get install gnome-shell and press enter
  6. Type y if asked confirmation to install
  7. Follow any onscreen prompts or instructions
  8. Type reboot press enter
Grammargeek
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Try this:

Boot with a live-dvd/usb

After the session load:

Open a terminal,

Press Ctrl+Alt+T

Run it:

$ sudo -i
# fdisk -l

Fdisk report hard disk partitions, suppose /, is /dev/sda1, continue running:

# umount /dev/sda1
# fsck -y /dev/sda1
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
# mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev 
# mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/dev/pts
# mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
# mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
# chroot /mnt
# dpkg --configure -a
# apt-get -f install
# apt-get -m install
# apt-get update
# apt-get dist-upgrade
# apt-get install --reinstall gnome-desktop-environment gnome
# umount /mnt
# reboot
kyodake
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The best thing you can do as you have changed both processor and motherboard is to do a backup of your data and do a clean install of the OS. Grab an Ubuntu 15.04 64bit install and you will have all your problems solved. You didnt change from intel to intel but from AMD to intel so the changes are bigger.

Brask
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