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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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 install fail on me. Installation completes normally but on the first boot I'm left with blank screen (it appears like a boot screen). Upon reboot, I am presented with GRUB ...
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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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Slow boot on ubuntu 13.04
I'm using proposed packages, and after updates, the boot becomes very slow.
Hre is part of dmesg command output:
[ 3.534121] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 is not booting
I have upgraded today Ubunutu 12.04 Lts to 12.10 and then to 13.04.
After issue with brightness. I have followed serdotlinecho and added GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="acpi_backlight=vendor" to grub config.
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Ubuntu boots to a blank screen (12.04)
I was trying to set up an Android build environment for building CyanogenMod. This involved me installing a few packages via apt-get. After the installation I also updated some packages in Synaptic. I ...
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Cannot boot into Ubuntu 13.04-amd64 after install
I recently decided to migrate to Ubuntu after issues with working in Windows and Remote Desktop access.
I made a bootable USB flash drive with Ubuntu 13.04-amd64 today and proceeded to install on an ...
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Can't login to my user
I was installing NVM using this command:
curl https://raw.github.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | sh
as explained in the github page https://github.com/creationix/nvm
It didn't work, so I ...
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Updated then black screen after boot [duplicate]
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 today. I updated everything (no adjustments, just what it suggested me) and every time I try to start Ubuntu (dual boot with Windows 7) it sort of crashes. I see 'Ubuntu' ...
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GRUB2: When I choose Windows 8, error invalid EFI file path
I had a problem with install Ubuntu 13.04 next to Windows 8. I have a Dell inspiron 15 notebook with UEFI.
In Boot-setup I changed to Legacy Boot on and switched UEFI boot off. Then I installed ...
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Installing proprietary ATI driver bricked my SSD
Today I tried switch back to full Ubuntu, getting rid of Windows for a while again. Was attempting to install 13.04. At first try everything was fine, grabbed the driver from ATI download page, ...
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Grub rescue unknown file system error
I formatted my partition of Ubuntu 11.04 and created a new simple volume in Windows. But when I rebooted my laptop, I got an error :no such partition.
I tried nearly all commands suggested, but could ...
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Ubuntu with Scured Boot on Windows 8
Got my new lappy with Ubuntu OS pre-installed..it only boots with Secure boot Disabled and UEFI disabled...which means I should only use the Legacy boot mode being enabled and so unable to load ...
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Deleted ang0 and ang1
I accidentally deleted ang0 and ang1 from my PC. I was dual-booting ubuntu with Windows 8 as default. How do I repair it? I installed ubuntu with UNetBootIn.
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grub2 C/H/S value error on Laptop Second hard drive (ODD)
I was living happily with my one hard drive in laptop then I installed a SSD as my first (hd0) then installed the old drive in laptop's second hard drive caddy in CD/DVD drive bay.
now I can't boot ...
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How to automatically uninstall older kernels so that “The volume 'boot' has only … MB disk space” does not appear?
I work with Ubuntu 13.04 ("64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image"). On updates/upgrades, I quite often get messages of the type The volume "boot" has only 11 MB disk space. I then uninstall older kernel ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Black Screen on Boot with gtx 660ti [duplicate]
I've been trying for two weeks to figure out what is the problem. I got PC with ASUS GTX 660 Ti running in SLI and HD 4000 integrated graphics. The problem is, whenever i want to boot on ubuntu, ...
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Cannot do fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 while booting from DVD: “soft lockup” bug
Hello Ubunutu Community!
I'm trying to do fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 to completely replace Windows 7. I downloaded 32 bit version of Ubuntu 13.04 from this website, burned the image to DVD (I made ...
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Can i boot a password for my Ubuntu while booting
I saw it on my friend's laptop when the laptop is booting and this screen below appears , the device doesn't complete booting until he put a password
can any one help me if he knows the way ?
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Can't boot Chromium OS from USB! [closed]
I've recently downloaded the vanilla chromium os from hexxah and have written it on my usb stick. I followed every step and plugged it into my laptop. After I changed the boot order I managed to boot ...
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Ubuntu Black Screen [duplicate]
I am trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 64bit on my new ASUS Machine. My graphics card in an Intel HD Graphics 4000 card. I am trying to install Ubuntu but when I boot with flash drive and click install, ...
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how do I run Ubuntu from disk [duplicate]
I am unable to boot from the disk I burned of the image I downloaded from the Ubuntu website. I've gone into Setup and rearranged boot sequence and I've looked through disk for executable files. I ...
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Ubuntu and Windows7 [duplicate]
I know, this is a stupid question but I need your help.
I have ubuntu 12.04 on my Computer but I need windows to play Metin2 (yes I need because I am gamemaster). Wine doesn't work because of ...
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Lenovo G780 and Ubuntu 13.04
Just installed 13.04 on new G780, left UEFI enabled, but wiped Windows 8 off the disk.
Whenever I boot up 13.04, the screen shows purple for a few seconds, and then just the back light shows for a few ...
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Crash during boot after installation [duplicate]
I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 on ARK-2120 (fanless computer from Advantech, based on Intel Atom N2600 with Compact Flash). After installation it starts to boot, write messages but aprox. after 2 ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 won´t boot …help pls [closed]
i installed Ubuntu over Win Vista yesterday, and it all worked fine. No Problem due the installationsprogress. But now if i start my PC and choose Ubuntu the following Screen appears :
Gave ...
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After bootup I am stuck on a black screen with a text cursor and a mouse cursor on 13.04
I have a Zenbook ux31a with a core i5 and the Intel HD 4000 gfx card. When I press esc during startup to enter the grub2 menu and choose a kernel from the advanced options menu ubuntu starts up ...
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Won't Boot Correctly
I have installed Ubuntu using Wubi correctly, and when I reboot my PC it does not go to the boot manager screen. It just boots up to Windows XP automatically. I am confuzled.
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Cannot boot to USB after I installed plugins and such
So I blew one of my HDs and decided to set up a Ubuntu 12.04 standalone system on my USB HD. Worked fine, but then I decided to create a startup CD that would incorporate my basic setup needs, so that ...
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black screen after bootup [duplicate]
I restarted my computer after I was having audio issues, computer froze I did a force shutoff. Started it back up it booted to my crypt setup screen I decrypted my hdd then my computer brought me to ...
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BLIND BOOT on hp 2000-2b09wm
i have ubuntu 12.04 LTS already loaded on my hard drive, my screen is broken and i have to use an external monitor through a vga cable. my problem is that my laptop is not loading to the point where ...
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Medion UEFI cause black screen at boot time except on graphical CD-ROM
I have tried to install Linux on a Medion with Windows8. By default, no CD-ROM can boot. I have removed the Microsoft Boot (commercially "Secure Boot") and changed the boot options from "Windows8" ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 install screen doesn't appear on fujitsu v6555
I have a Fujitsu v6555 with enough specs to run ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which is currently running Windows 7.
When I put the Ubuntu live DVD (ubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386.iso), it starts booting then shows ...
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Can't install Ubuntu on Windows 8 [duplicate]
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So I'm trying to install Ubuntu... but it won't install.
Currently I'm using Windows 8 and I have 2 HDD.
On 1 HDD I've installed Windows 8 and using it, primary partition, but the other HDD is ...
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Flashing white green and purple screen when starting up [duplicate]
I'm really new to Ubuntu and Linux in general. I installed Ubuntu a few days ago using Wubi, the installation went fine but when I started Ubuntu for the first time all I got was a screen which ...
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Ubuntu as the only option on the boot menu
So I decided to upgrade my hard drive from a 750 GB hard drive to a brand new 1 TB hard drive. I installed ubuntu 12.10 with no errors and then updated it to 13.04. Then I attempted to install Windows ...
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Kubuntu not loading after installation of tuxonice
In order to make a windows like hibernation i have installed tuxonice through muon package manager. After that i have typed following code for hibernation
$ sudo pm-hibernate
Then the system ...
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Ubuntu doesn't boot after install [duplicate]
I've installed ubuntu 12.04 on my computer, everything worked properly untill i install update packages, ubunto won't boot after restart, my screen goes blank. I've reinstalled ubuntu twice and now ...
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Black Screen on Login
I have serached around, but no fix could help me. Here's what happened:
A few days ago, for no reason, I couldn't see the login screen on my Ubuntu 12.04. nor do anything but reboot using ...
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Installing ubuntu without any OS
Is it possible to install ubuntu without having a operating system?
I have tried to install through usb and do not have access to dvd/cd at the moment.
can anyone help?
i got the following error ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 rebooting problem
I had installed driver for ati radeon hd 2000. After downloading and installing it asked me to reboot.I rebooted and after that the Ubuntu logo and the progress bar under it were bigger.Nothing ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS getting stuck on black screen after Ubuntu logo [duplicate]
Earlier I installed something on my Ubuntu box I thought would fix another problem that I found on a forum..
Unfortunaltely afterwards my computer will boot up to the Ubuntu logo screen and then ...
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lenovo g575 grub2 loopback boot sata driver
On another machine I can use grub2 to loopback mount just fine.
On this Lenovo G575 I get the following when I try to loopback boot many different ISO image using grub2, so I think there could be a ...
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hd0 read error; tried boot repair still won't boot [closed]
I have tried to boot from grub rescue from console. I have also tried boot repair, but it didn't help. Here is the full boot repair log: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5668816/
Boot repair reports that the ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 hangs at the login screen, says I'm logged in
When I log-in to my user account, the log-in screen tells me I'm currently logged in and hangs at that screen.
Help?
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Problems when installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I recently wanted to try out Ubuntu so I decided to get the Windows installer for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. After it finished installing, it asked me to restart my computer. After it restarted it booted up ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Boot Hang [duplicate]
When trying to boot Ubuntu 13.04 I get a blank screen with flashing curser in the top left corner, it just then hangs there and doesn't do any thing!
Any ideas?
Thanks
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Fixing Windows 8 after removing ubuntu
I tried installing Ubuntu (successfully) on my Windows 8 machine so i could develop in c and it worked decently for a while. I did this without wubi. However, I later got a virtual machine to run ...
