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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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 accidentily ruined a 35gb partitiOn in the process on my windows 7 machine. grub ...
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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, ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 not recognized as Bootable after installation
I managed to successfully install Ubuntu 13.04; however after restarting, I found that the installation was unbootable.There was no error message --there was simply no option to boot from my hard ...
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ACPI problem on 12.04 LTS and Compaq 6715b
After boot both cores run at 800 MHz, but during boot they run on 2GHz.
And the hardware can't power off.
I tried cpufrequtils and got some statistics, and another boot problem...
2.0 GHz, 1.8 GHz, ...
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I have problem with UEFI and Legacy USB Boot options in my computer.., with these i can't install Ubuntu 12.x and 13.04 versions on my Laptop [duplicate]
i am using samsung laptop with AMD-64 type processor.., meanwhile i have problem with this, My laptop have UEFI and USB legacy support in my bios settings..,with that i am unable to install Ubuntu ...
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How to boot into Windows 8 from Grub?
I just did a 50GB partition on my laptop thaty initially had windows 8 on it, every time i try booting Windows im getting an "invalid EFI file path" I just ran a boot repair and it gave me this URL: ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 couldn't show login screen and lightdm, only blank black page [duplicate]
I cant access login screen or lightdm and showing text "couldnt write bytes = broke pipes
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How to burn / create a bootable USB or CD for UEFI-secure-boot
I used Lili (LinuxLive USB Creator) to create a bootable USB Stick based on the 64bit Lubuntu 13.04 iso with Windows 8 Uefi secure boot. The stick starts only in legacy boot, but not in Uefi mode.
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Lubuntu doesn't repond to keyboard! + account not found (wubi) [duplicate]
So when I boot my lubuntu up, I get like a screen with these random stripes that you'd expect when your pc crashes. Then when it boots up, I can log in with the account user, not the account I made in ...
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grub rescue…delete ubuntu…windows 8…purple screen [duplicate]
Okay so I noticed I am basically screwed and have been working on this for hours. I tried to dual boot my windows 8, but I am still a beginner and failed. I am at the point where I delete ubuntu, get ...
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Getting a “General error mounting filesystems” after upgrade to 13.04 [duplicate]
When I turn on his computer, the GNU GRUB menu appears. When I choose the Ubuntu option,this shows up. What do I do?
Scanning for Btrfs filesystems
General error mounting filesystems.
A maintenance ...
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Easiest way to stop using a separate partition for /boot?
I have an older machine that I originally set up as a dual boot with Windows 7 and Lubuntu. Part of that setup was establishing a small partition for /boot. The partition is 89 MB, and with recent ...
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ThinkPad T520 won't boot from USB
This is cross-post from ubuntuforums.org but as I've received no responses there I'm hoping for better luck here.
Basically, I've installed the full version of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS on a 32 GB SanDisk ...
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How to use windows 8 bootloader instead of ubuntu 13.04grub?
I have dual booted my netbook with windows 8 pro and ubuntu 13.04.
i do not like grub and think the windows 8 bootloader is a lot more clean and sharp.
Is there a way to use the windows bootloader ...
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Boot failure - drop to initramfs
I'm having my fresh Ubuntu 13.04 64bit install fail on me.
This is my partition structure:
ext4 filesystem (sda1) (boot /)
ext4 /home partition
swap
Installation completes normally but on the ...
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Ubuntu does not boot on retina Macbook Pro
I decided to install Ubuntu as my primary OS on my Retina MacBook Pro (2012), but sadly after installation it does not boot into the OS. Instead, I get the message "no operating system found". I only ...
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Can not boot after a terminated upgrade
I have moved my HDD with Ubuntu 12.04 to a new PC, but the wired LAN didn't worked, so I have booted the computer from a 13.04 USB stick to see if it is working there (it works), and started the ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 not booting after upgrade from 12.10
This is duplicate post from here
After upgrading to 13.04, I was able to boot into ubuntu.
I made change a line in grub from
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
to
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