Ubuntu 16.04 won't boot: stuck on black screen with dev/sda1: clean, ../.. files, ../.. blocks

Solution 1:

I am afraid that this is a problem with the 16.04 LTS Hardware support. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) was released in 2016 and support is officially given until April 2021. However on this older LTS kernels there are only safety relevant upgrades and minimum maintainence done. Also HW support for newer HW is limited. May I know why you not update to newer version of Ubuntu? Currently you would be able to go to 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) or you stay on the previous kernel version .173 you used a bit longer and change to with brand new 20.04 (Focal Fossa) after release:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/38cea234e4bed0ccfff76511d6f72782.png

My proposal:

a) stay on 4.4.xx.173 and leave it for now. (changes in .174 are minor)

b) consider a Distribution upgrade download a newer Ubuntu version (f.e. 18.04 LTS) , create a USB Starter and try it. If everything works and you like it, then upgrade your system. MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP ALL BEFORE Also 2 options: - Direct install from Pendrive + you get a clean new system with all the newest X Environments and settings
- You will loose many former settings but your Home directory Data should be preserved

  • Upgrade inside your running system with

apt-get dist-upgrade or the Ubuntu way sudo do-release-upgrade

That way many of your settings and Windowmanager aso is preserved...but sometimes it creates conflicts

Hope that helps you