Upgrading from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 broke my system

Shreyansh Tiwari

6/18/24, 10:04 AM

Last night my Ubuntu 20.04 System updater asked me if I wanted to upgrade to 22.04. It was a good time, so I went ahead with it. Everything seemed to be working fine, and it was installed properly. When it was the time to restart. I clicked restart and when it restarted, a few lines showed up on the screen for 10 seconds and then it was just a blinking cursor. Everytime I hard reboot my system now, it's just those lines for a few secs, then a blank screen with a blinking cursor. Nothing else. How can I fix this?

If it helps, I have a dual booted system with Windows 11 and Ubuntu on it. When it starts, it gives me a menu to choose from, which also has an option for ubuntu with advanced options, which has 4 different options. Can that help? Is my OS gone? Do I have to reinstall it? Even if so, can I recover the data from my system first? Can these advanced Ubuntu options help?

Images for reference:

The Options I get in the Ubuntu Advanced Options:

Ubuntu advanced Options

These are the options I get:

Ubuntu, with Linux 5.0.95-generic, Ubuntu, with Linux 5.0.95-generic (with recovery mode), Ubuntu, with Linux 5.0.75-generic, Ubuntu, with Linux 5.0.75-generic (With recovery mode).

The lines that show up for a few seconds:

Error Message

The error message:

[ 0.246343] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [_SB.PCIO.G PPO. [ VGA], AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326) 0.246355] ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name 1ookup/catalog 202203 31/psob.ject-220) 0.246359] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Failure creating named object [__BB.PCIO.G PPO.HDAU) [ [ AE_ALREADY_EXISTS (20220331/dswload2-326) 0.246362] ACPI Error: AE_ALREADY_EXISTS, During name 100kup/catalog 202203 31/psob.ject-220) 0. 729645] blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13) 0. 729657] blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13) 0. 729693] blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13) 0. 729727] blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13) 0. 729765] blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13) 0.729793] blacklist: Problem blacklisting hash (-13) /dev/nvmeOn1p6: clean, 875612/4030464 files, 11290907/16111616 blocks el 3.344494]

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user535733

6/18/24, 2:35 PM

The kernel 5.0.x entries suggest that your system has been broken since long before even 20.04 (which uses kernel 5.4.x).

Shreyansh Tiwari

6/18/24, 4:38 PM

Oh! I see... but I installed Ubuntu 20.04... didn't have any prior versions! Anyway, can I recover the data I had on this version so I can reinstall ubuntu? Or do you have any better workaround?

user535733

6/18/24, 4:47 PM

Download a 22.04 install image. Create a LiveUSB from that image. Boot the LiveUSB. Enter the "Try Ubuntu" environment. Recover your data onto some other media. Then use the same LiveUSB to wipe-and-reinstall a new release of Ubuntu.

Shreyansh Tiwari

6/19/24, 4:15 AM

Gotcha! Thanks a lot! Just another doubt, can logging into the 5.0.x versions also help retrieve my data? Or will that result in data loss?

user535733

6/19/24, 11:26 AM

Sure, you can login to any working kernel version to retrieve your data. Data loss occurs during the reinstall step (and not even then if you select the correct option)..

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