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Trying to figure out what this means:

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I got into the GRUB menu, chose Advanced Options, boot in recovery mode, login as root, and I did:

root@xps:~# sudo fsck -f /
fsck from util-linux 2.27.1
e2fsck 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
/dev/nvme0n1p2 is mounted.
e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting.

Coincidentally, I am also seeing this fuzzy rainbow thing on the outside of desktop windows:

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But now the machine won't even boot up at all.

Alexander Mills
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Let's first check your file system for errors. To check the file system on your Ubuntu partition:

  1. Boot to the GRUB menu.
  2. Choose Advanced Options.
  3. Choose Recovery mode.
  4. Choose Root access.
  5. At the # prompt, type sudo fsck -f /.
  6. Repeat the fsck command if there were errors.
  7. Type reboot.

If for some reason you can't do the above:

  1. Boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB.
  2. Open a terminal window.
  3. Type sudo fdisk -l and determine which /dev/sdaX is your Ubuntu Linux filesystem.
  4. Type sudo fsck -f /dev/sdaX # replacing X with the number you found earlier.
  5. Repeat the fsck command if there were errors.
  6. Type reboot.
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