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I broke linux kernel. Cant boot
I ran out of space last day and couldn't update so I decided to remove old kernels. I don't know why, it told me I had problems ??? I decided to reboot and I couldn't, it entered into a ram test loop. ...
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12.04-server update failure after full /boot, apt not working, unmet dependencies to non exiting linux-image kernel
Unattended upgrade failed after full /boot partition. Creating disk-space by deleting old kernels with the recommended command
sudo apt-get purge linux-image-x.x.x-x-generic
does not work and gives ...
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Unmet dependencies when I tried to free up unused kernels
I am running 12.04.
I read this http://askubuntu.com/a/90219/18876 as reference.
I checked all the one I have.
yeukhon@fubini:~$ aptitude search ~ilinux-image
i linux-image-3.2.0-29-generic-pae ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 boots into black blank screen
I installed Ubuntu server 12.04 about 2 weeks ago. It had been working well and running 24/7 until I accidentally restarted it yesterday. Shouldn't have been a problem, yet now it just sits at a black ...
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GRUB won't boot after Ubuntu upgrade
After I updated my system with apt-get upgrade, I rebooted and landed at the grub> promt.
I wasn't able to set any root and booted always to kernel panic. I then started a live CD and used ...
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How to mount / after running “apt-get remove php5-curl”?
While trying to tear down a Drupal dev environment, I ran
sudo apt-get remove php5-curl
It started removing all kinds of packages, like the browser, among other things. I hit Ctrl+C when I saw what ...
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How can I disable update checking on boot?
I'm running off of a thumb drive with very average read/write speeds and automatic update checks makes the bootup far less pleasant. Since I manually update via apt there's truly no need to notify me ...
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Unable to free space in /boot
Running:
Linux ips-svf-1 3.0.0-22-server #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 12 17:56:20 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I'm trying to free space in /boot with apt-get -y purge, but every time I run the ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 not booting: “Could not write bytes: broken pipes”
The problem When I boot Ubuntu 11.10, the boot process hangs, before even getting to the login screen of the display manager, with the message
Could not write bytes: broken pipes
at the top of the ...
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Freezes at splashscreen after apt-get upgrade [closed]
Hello dear askubuntu community!
A few weeks ago i switched from Vista to Ubuntu and I'm very happy with that. But yesterday i upgraded my packages (for the first time) with "sudo apt-get upgrade" and ...
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Install 'grub-pc', changed repository
I am trying to use a program to fix my booting. It asked me to type a long line of code into the terminal to install grub-PC
It says in terminal that it may have been moved to another repository.
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What is apt-check and why does it run during boot?
So during one of the sessions at UDS-P, I discovered this cool (and useful) program called bootchart.
After installing it and then running it, I analyzed it and compared it some of the results here. ...
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How to recover from uninstall of ubuntu-desktop?
In my infinite wisdom, during a system upgrade, I somehow managed to remove 'ubuntu-desktop' and several other key packages. As a consequence, my desktop is now gone - I only see a standard X terminal ...
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Is there some way of repairing/installing ubuntu-desktop from a .deb file?
Hiya - I think my desktop is trashed. Nautilus is gone, and when I try to boot to Ubuntu I either get a never-ending login loop, or a black screen with only a mouse-pointer.
I think I need to ...
