When I ran the 'sudo apt purge linux-headers-6.14.11-061411-generic linux-image-unsigned-6.14.11-061411-generic linux-modules-6.14.11-061411-generic' command, it reminded me that I was still in the kernel that I was asking it to remove, then do I want to continue? So I opted for 'no' so that I could restart in 6.8... but it carried on with the process regardless...
So I restarted into the gimp menu and 6.14.11 was still in the list. I booted up in 6.8.
Ran the command again, and now I get this:
sudo apt purge linux-headers-6.14.11-061411-generic linux-image-unsigned-6.14.11-061411-generic linux-modules-6.14.11-061411-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-headers-6.14.11-061411-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-headers-6.14.11-061411-generic'
E: Unable to locate package linux-image-unsigned-6.14.11-061411-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-image-unsigned-6.14.11-061411-generic'
E: Unable to locate package linux-modules-6.14.11-061411-generic
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-modules-6.14.11-061411-generic'
It appears the driver is still installed from an earlier instruction:
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-470 nvidia-dkms-470
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-driver-470 is already the newest version (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1).
nvidia-dkms-470 is already the newest version (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.24.04.1).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
linux-hwe-6.14-headers-6.14.0-37
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 16 not to upgrade.
nvidia-smi
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
I had around 12 software updates after a reboot, which fixed things like Steam (this had also broken).
So I'm making a tentative massive thank you to all who have helped here. Your patience and assistance has been awesome and I'm very happy to have Zorin back again.
At the earliest opportunity, I intend to buy the pro version with a new computer - but first I need to get my business off the ground!
Picking up from where I left off, everything seemed to be going really well - no more glitches, Wacom pen worked great, no more software crashes, etc.
Then this morning I switched on my machine and after it taking an age to boot up, I got a blank grey screen with a message telling me it couldn't log in and that I needed to restart, so I did. After which it installed a couple updates, but what I have now is not a fully functional computer.
All I get is a bare minimum interface without a toolbar/menu, and my files/folders are hidden:
Press super key to show the Zorin menu or app grid, then go to Zorin Appearance and switch between the layouts. I hope you get the normal desktop layout back then.
That did it! Do you have any ideas why this has happened, or if it's a usual thing to expect every once in a while? I wonder if it was to do with the update that came down after the first restart when it wouldn't log in?
No, that shouldn't happen so simply. It seems that the Gnome Extensions were disabled - for whatever Reason. Maybe it was reseted. But at least they were still installed on the System and not deleted.
