Questions about the bootup process in Ubuntu. Use this tag if you have trouble booting Ubuntu or you have questions about the bootup process.
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My computer is extremely slow with Ubuntu 13.04
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a HP Pavilion 7000 with "graphics driver" VESA: NV31 Board-e133nz. I have no idea what graphic card is in the machine.
The installation seemed to be good. Then, booting ...
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Install from Boot Disk
I just got a new boot disk, burned the .ISO file on it.
Started my laptop but its stuck on my loading screen!
All i see is the purple screen with "Ubuntu" and the orange dots.
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Desktop Ubuntu 12.04 fails to boot
I'm using a Samsung ultrabook. I used the windows installer to install Ubuntu 12.04. When I restart PC I get an option to choose which boot to use. If I choose Windows 8 - everything is fine. No ...
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Auto Boot after Power Failure - Laptop
I'm using a laptop with lubunut on it for a project I'm working on in a remote location. I chose a laptop because of the batter already attached and the frequent power outages. Most power outages are ...
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13.04 boot error after update
I use Dell Ispirion 32-bit Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T6400.
Laptop is dual - boot, I can choose between Win XP and Ubuntu. I have migrated from Ubuntu 12.04 to 13.04 successfully. Recently automatic ...
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USB Boot on imac
I'm having issues installing ubuntu on my apple late 09 27" iMac.
First thing i have to tell you is that my disc drive isn't working anymore.
My only chance to boot on ubuntu is by USB or SD card...
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Is Ubuntu is best one or Llinux Mint..,because i would like to shift my option from Ubuntu to Linux [closed]
I faced so many problems while using Ubuntu installation process., Because my laptop has some special options like UEFI and secure boot options. So i couldn't install latest versions of Ubuntu on my ...
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Why is the command in /etc/rc.local not executed during startup?
I have a single command in my /etc/rc.local script that is supposed to start the update daemon for Tiny Tiny RSS during startup, but the script is not executed during startup. Why?
The entire ...
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Experiencing problems while trying to upgrade to Pangolin
I decided to upgrade to 12.04 and in the middle of it my laptop lost its power. Now I'm getting the GRUB screen when I start my laptop, and when I go for the "recovery mode", I'm getting this:
I ...
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Error: Unknown Filesystem HELP!
Ok, I am new to Ubuntu and know almost no terminology and don't know a whole lot about computers. So I wanted to install ubuntu so i burned it onto a flashdrive and when I tried booting it I got,
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What does it mean when the installer doesn't see the Windows 8 System on a new system? [duplicate]
I have a brand new W8 system. I shrunk the W8 partition by 128 GB. I inserted the 64 bit 13.04 disk and it booted up. I created a 6 GB swap partition and a 122 GB ext4 partition mounted at /. I ...
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booting failed in Nexus 7 Returning your Nexus 7 to Stock Android?
In case anything happens while developing, the system image for Nexus 7 can be found here: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/nakasi-jdq39-factory-c317339e.tgz
Please also check for updated Nexus7 ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 load bug?
Whenever I launch Ubuntu I get a frozen purple screen,and when using recovery mode instead of the usual menu and options I get a black screen with text scrolling down and when it's finished it gives ...
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Can't access Windows after installing Ubuntu
I just installed Ubuntu, and when I start my computer it automatically boots Ubuntu without displaying a menu.
How can I force it to show the menu where I can choose which OS to boot?
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Pointer to Flat Panel Invalid message?
I have recently installed 13.04 on an old Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2 powered tower with a 500GB Hitachi hard drive and been experiencing problems with it freezing and or becoming unresponsive to any command ...
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Having trouble with boot menu
Hey i'm having trouble booting to Ubuntu. Please bear with me it's my first time posting here.
I was going through a couple of tutorials on speeding up your system and edited one of the values in the ...
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Motherboard driver and acceleration problem Ubuntu 12.04 HP Pavillion G7-1150US
Recently I tried to move away from 12.04 on wubi and instead create a swap space with grub and install 13.04. I think I accidentally ruined a 35GB partition in the process on my Windows 7 machine. ...
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Problems Booting Ubuntu From iMac!
I have a problem booting Ubunutu 13.04 on my iMac. When i start my Mac i'll hold the option key but when the menu that let's you choose startup disk, My Ubuntu USB dosn't show up ;(
Please help me.
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Unstable boot: kernel oops (snd_hda_codec_configure)
List of problems i have.
Unstable Boot: Sometimes kernel panics, black screen after nvidea driver loading, no nice boot screen and 2 kernel oops everytime i boot.
Shutdown: Computer stays stuck on ...
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How to boot Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS with UEFI, Nvidia graphics and dm_crypt encrypted LVM
I've just gotten 3 new systems, with Nvidia GTX 660 graphics, Z77 chipset and AMI UEFI BIOS.
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS from the Alternate Installer in order to install onto an encrypted LVM ...
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Ubuntu boot error low graphics
hi this is a continuation of this post:
i forgot to mention that i accidentally changed the owner of the entire '/' directory to myuser. So i followed the help provided by both the answers and i ...
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Grub does not boot at boot startup [duplicate]
I have windows xp through which i extracted ubuntu installation to a USB by using UNetbootin. I booted on the usb through the Unetbootin menu and installed it along windows xp.When the installation ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 on Retina macbook pro 13" 10,2 boot to black screen
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Retina Macbook Pro 10,2 13" display and I find that the booting is unreliable, namely that the machine boots into a black screen with a cursor about 70% of the boot ...
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Why does logging in do nothing but produce a “Currently logged in” message?
In the latest chapter of the epic saga of my laptop, this is no longer an issue, thanks to Githlar's tip (note: once again, a hard reset was necessary thanks to the soft reset getting stuck). Now, the ...
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Deleted Ubuntu partion, can't get boot menu up
I deleted my Ubuntu partition by mistake and now I get this error:
Error: no such partition
grub rescue>
How do I get my boot options up again so I can load a live CD? The partition it seems ...
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live usb problems
I have made usb live 12.04 on 4gb pendrive. On first startup everything went wery well, but I started to had error messages about no free space. But I had like 2 gb of free space!
Now on 2nd ...
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Lubuntu boots into GRUB, no idea what to do
I have installed Lubuntu 13.04 into a USB stick through the Windows installer.
I reset the computer, chose to boot from the USB and the installation continued without a problem. However, after it ...
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How can I boot my system
I have to two operating systems in my computer, Ubuntu and XP. When I try to boot up Ubuntu, I get the following message:
mount:mounting/dev on/root/dev failed:No such file or directory
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Where can I look for malware that may have been installed on my machine?
I want to analyze my ubuntu box to detect if it was been hacked. My question is: what are all the place where to look to discover if some malicious software are started ? The following is some kind of ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 kernal panic while installation
I have downloaded the ubuntu-13.04-desktop-i386.iso and installed it in my 4GB usb device using LinuxLive USB creator. When I tried to boot from the usb it shows me an error saying Kernal Panic and ...
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Fully formatted HDD still detects Windows 7 BCD is missing and won't load USB boot drive [closed]
Exactly as the title says. A completely formatted hard drive, with Windows 7 previously on it, still detects that the BCD is missing and it won't boot from my USB even when the USB is set to load ...
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How to reinstall newest Linux Kernel?
Hello I upgraded all packages on my Ubuntu 13.04, and kernel also. But in upgrading process kernel upgrade failed, and I must always after grub load select older kernel. It is a terminal command to ...
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Problem with the persistence of a live CD?
I am NOT using an USB here, but I installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS onto a CD and am trying to create a persistent bootable CD.
My Boot Menu
As you can see, I have tried to add "persistent" at the end ...
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File not Found Grub Rescue after install [closed]
I'm having problems with Backtrack 5 R3.
After the installation of the system on my external disk, when i restart the computer the Grub Rescue Prompt appears after File Not Found. And when I type "ls ...
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no boot HP Mini 1104 dual boot Windows 7 with Ubuntu
Have successfully dual booted several HP desktop models with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7. Have also installed Ubuntu 12.04 on USB flashdrive, which works correctly in a desktop PC. Have tried more than ...
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LVM initramfs boot problem: “ALERT! /dev/mapper/vgcrypt-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!”
I followed the guide linked below to create a clean install of Ubuntu on a LUKS-encrypted partition. The only differences are that I used Ubuntu 12.04 rather than 11.10 and I made less LVs than that ...
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Ubuntu - Keyboard not working + strange screen when changing user [duplicate]
Yesterday, I installed ubuntu with wubi, and it went fine, but I decided I didnt like unity, so I uninstalled ubuntu. I tried all other ubuntu variations, none really succeeded to install :( live cd's ...
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Attempted to install Ubuntu, now I have no boot menu
I attempted to install Ubuntu 13.04 onto my secondary hard drive. I say "attempted" because I had to cancel the installation after it hung on "update-grub" (or something like that) for two or three ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Stuck During Boot After Grub
I Just updated Ubuntu from 12.10 to 13.04 today. Everything went smooth until after reboot,and now at the grub menu. If I picked the first option(which says Ubuntu) it goes to a blank screen with a ...
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Ubuntu Flash Drive Will Not Boot
I created a bootable flash drive using Windows 7, Pendrivelinux, and ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-i386. I tried booting from it after changing boot option in bios to USB. System shows no errors but boots in ...
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I'm seeing “rpcbind” errors on 13.04_x64 Startup
From my boot.log, I see this:
rpcbind: Cannot open '/run/rpcbind/rpcbind.xdr' file for reading, errno 2 (No such file or directory)
rpcbind: Cannot open '/run/rpcbind/portmap.xdr' file for reading, ...
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UEFI setup extreme3 gen3 American Megatrends [closed]
I would like to dual boot win7 and U13.04 on an Asrock extreme3 gen3 mainboard which has an American Megatrends UEFI. Now, this used to be easy: I had a working system with 12.04 and win7 on sepatate ...
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Boot Issues with 13.04 & 12.10
I have two internal hard drives. Windows 7 is on sda. Ubuntu 13.04 and 12.10 on sdb sharing a swap file. I get a lag in booting 13.04, but it does boot. The message identifies my computer and ask ...
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SMBus/ BIOS error while booting Ubuntu 13.03 in VirtualBox
I am trying to boot Ubuntu 13.04 in VirtualBox, but every time I boot, I get an error that says "SMBus base address uninitialized - upgrade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr". This happens right after I ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 freezes at boot installation (at the purple screen)?
Each time i try to install Ubuntu 12.10 live cd, the Ubuntu installer asks about the language and then it loads at the purple screen. Suddenly everything freezes at some point in the first purple ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit fresh install not booting at all,not detected
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 as a replacement to my old 12.10 installation from a usb pendrive.
The install went perfectly fine.However,when I rebooted,my computer did not detect ubuntu and got stuck on ...
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dual boot two drives [closed]
I have installed Cinnamon Remix on the second hard drive, sdb. The machine still boots into windows on the first HD sda, without asking which system I want. I think the install said it was putting ...
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How do I install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new partition?
I ask this question because at the moment I can't even seem to load my live USB (which has the iso I downloaded from the Ubuntu website) because I don't know which key(s) to press to log into boot ...
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Trying to boot from USB on Asus q200e-bhi3t45 just brings me to grub menu
It's been a struggle every time I've tried to change my OS on this machine. I honestly don't even know how it works whenever it does. I've somehow managed to get Windows 7, Windows 8, Mint 14, Ubuntu ...
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Trouble with GRUB in dual boot
so I'm fairly new to linux and I have a problem after installing Ubuntu on my PC. I've dual booted ubuntu and osx before on my mac without trouble. I would be given the option of which OS to use. Now, ...
