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Whenever I start Ubuntu (running via VMWare), the boot process gets stuck at

Stopping System V runlevel compatibility

I browsed through many answers here and elsewhere, but they mention going into tty1 using Ctrl+Alt+F1. However, the combination of Ctrl+Alt+F(1-9) doesn't seem to work, because there is no change in the screen contents. All I can see are the displayed boot commands. So how do I resolve this error? Please note that I am unable to get past this screen, so cannot make any changes in Ubuntu's files via the terminal.

Edit: Not a duplicate question, because the suggested approaches (of going into tty1) don't work.

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I ran into the same problem after updating Ubuntu yesterday.

Apparently the newly installed kernel is the problem. To solve this restart your virtual machine from the top down menu of VMWare. During restart hold the "Esc" key pressed. Choose the advanced settings option. Choose the second newest kernel. You should be able to log in now.

Now you have to remove the newly installed Kernel:

Adapted from How to delete a non-working kernel after update?:

To safely remove the unwanted kernel, open a terminal session and run the command:

Find the kernel package name

dpkg -l | grep 3.19.0-51

On amd64/x86_64 it is linux-image-3.19.0-51-generic.

Remove (purge - remove all configuration files as well)

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.19.0-51-generic

Hope this helped!

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Tim
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I encounter the same problem when upgrading ubuntu 14.04LTS, my ubuntu run on VMware Fusion 7.1.1 and the Host OS is OSX Elcaptain. To get into ubuntu grub : "Restart" from VMware menu and press and hold "shift" until the grub menu pop up. select an old version kernel( In my case it is 4.2.0-27-generic) and boot successfully. Then use @Tim's answer to remove the newly installed kernel(In my case it is 4.2.0-30-generic).

This is a temporary solutino since it does nont actually solve the updating problem.

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