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Why does my Ubuntu take so long to boot? [closed]
I can't figure out why Ubuntu takes so long to load. Here is the dmesg log and output from lshw.
dmesg
lshw
Theoretically, dmesg shows that kernel loads 28 seconds but in practice it is about 2 ...
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Ubuntu Natty doesn't let me boot my computer. Is the recordfail thing the problem again? [closed]
It is the third time I cannot boot this system (Natty with Grub2 in a dual boot macbookpro). I guess it is, again, due to a problem with the recordfail thing and the grubenv file that gets corrupted ...
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How do I resolve multiple Memcached instances on Ubuntu 11.04? [closed]
I recently installed memcached on Ubuntu 11.04 (which is my development server). During the install, the script arranged for memcached to be started automatically at boot.
Great, just what I needed.
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After upgrading from 10.10 to 11.04, system is not booting, showing “running in low graphics mode” [closed]
I have been using 10.10 for 2 years. I keep getting upgrade messages for a long time so today, I finally upgraded it to 11.04.
But, when the upgrade was completed, it got restarted and it is shows ...
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Ubuntu11.04-fails after somedays and I have to reinstall everytime-why? [closed]
I have started using ubuntu11.04 amd 32bit. After working well it fails after some days.Fail means nothing comes to screen while attempting to boot. Everytime I have to reinstall and download all the ...
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Ubuntu Live CD hangs on boot
I have burned 11.04 to a CD to set up dual-boot. But the Ubuntu screen just stays with the dots below the name and nothing else. I would really like to try it out. Any help would be appreciated.
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Ubuntu 11.04 crashes while booting on HP ProBook 4530s [closed]
I am new to the Ubuntu environment and I had installed 10.10 yesterday and then upgraded it to 11.04. Then I installed Java according to the instructions provided in the second answer of the ...
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ubuntu 11.04 hangs at purple screen
I used to use Ubuntu with no issues.
Since today, it just hangs at the purple screen forever. Also I couldn't try recovery mode as my keyboard doesn't work when I am shown the recovery options menu. ...
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Clone internal HDD to new SSD
I recently installed an SSD into my machine. The machine itself is a Lenovo thinkpad W520, and it previously had an internal HDD. I moved the internal HDD into an expansion bay (replacing the CD-ROM), ...
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ubuntu shutdown command doesn't shutdown properly [closed]
I think I have problem with shutdown command. Using Ubuntu 11.10.
The shutdown command works and computer shuts down, but when I boot I get the following warning:
* * * * * Warning: System BOOT ...
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i7 processor with 4 core, 8 thread system, how can i reboot Ubuntu?
I have tested Ubuntu in i7, i5 but lower then 4 core/8 thread CPU. In two system which has i7 processor with 4 core/8 thread i have the same problem. After reboot it never reboot itself auto.
I need ...
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Wine prevents my system from booting
I installed wine windows program loader in my system having Ubuntu 11.04. I also played certain games with it's help.
The next day when I tried to log into my system I found that my system is ...
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How to change kernel order in boot menu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I change the grub boot order?
I have 4 kernels in my grub. I want to make my third kernel the first one. How to do it?
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GRUB booting problem
I'd Ubuntu 11.04 32 bit installed via wubi on windows 7 64 bit. The installation was a success. I'd either access Ubuntu, or windows 7 on the boot option of my computer. i made use of both OS for ...
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Weird graphical bug when installing on an Asus G51jx [closed]
Each and every time I attempt to install ubuntu 11.04 or 11.10 I get this bug after the very first ubuntu loadscreen pops up from the boot cd.
I have been able to successfully load 10.04 and 10.10 ...
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Can't log into Ubuntu 11.04
I recently dual booted my PC with Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7. It all worked fine for a few days but one day I logged in and instead of getting the log-in screen, I got this :
BusyBox v1.17.1 ...
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How to backup my Ubuntu, so that i can clone the same setup to another PC?
How can i make a boot-able CD of my existing Ubuntu including all the modifications i did?.
So, that i can use that CD to my another same new PC to start quickly all setup done.
Follow up:
$ sudo ...
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How to fix my MBR? While installing random Ubuntu my MBR is not getting overwritten anymore
I boot with liveUSB. But how do i fix now my MBR, so that i can re-install Ubuntu? (after installing ubuntu i get mostly this blinking cursor and black screen)
root@ubuntu:~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: ...
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Interrupted update to 11.10, now computer wont boot. fix? [closed]
I started the download and upgrade to 11.10 from 11.04 on root account
then I went to a guest account to continue my work/play/whatever while the root account installed the packages
I logged out of ...
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Ubuntu doesn't boot after 11.10 upgrade from 11.04
Had this problem earlier: Crash after update to 11.10, from 11.04; ran the solution and had everything updated and upgraded.
I get the following lines after booting with some of the preceding start, ...
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upgraded to ubuntu 11.10 … not booting up … want to copy some date from home folder?
i have dell inspiron m101z which i was running with ubuntu 11.04 .
Tomorrow i upgraded it to ubuntu 11.10 , unfortunately its not booting up
lightdm display manager is not loading and boot halts ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 doesn't boot anymore. Nore from HDD, nore from live USB. Win XP boots fine
Booting normally, it drops my in a small shell... something like initframs, i'm not quite sure.
Booting in recovery mode dropes me to the same shell but constantly writes out error messages. Something ...
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How to get rid of problems with booting [closed]
When I boot up, it says very quickly prefix error then gets me to a options dialog. I click enter and it takes a while. Is there a way to fix this so that it can go to the logo and boot up instead of ...
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Can't boot when HDMI is plugged in?
Ok here is a thing i want use Ubuntu as media center with my 42" Plasma TV connected with HDMI
first i installed windows and all worked fine HDMI port worked fine with movies but u know windows ...
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Ubuntu hangs while booting [closed]
Yesterday i closed my PC properly. Today while booting, Ubuntu hangs after line:
Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation [OK]
I have these fail messages below, nothing else seems wrong:
Starting ...
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Why isn't my upstart service starting on system boot?
Following on from this question, I have written a simple upstart service (/etc/init/pms.conf) for my headless Ubuntu Server 11.04 box as follows:
start on filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=eth0
stop ...
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1answer
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Booting Ubuntu with GRUB2: how to add boot entry to GRUB2?
Last night, I decided to take the plunge, and install Ubuntu as complimentary part to my dual boot system (with Windows 7). Unfortunately, the entire process has been a struggle uphill, namely with ...
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How can I move a boot partition onto a Flash drive?
I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 Server onto an Acer Aspire Easystore H340-M.
It was a Windows Home Server. The hardware has an integral Flash Drive / USB (SCSI11) of 256 Mb.
Could I use this as the ...
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Recover files in Ubuntu from USB stick
I have Ubuntu 11.04 running from a USB stick. I think I ran some updates in terminal and now it has a kernel panic during boot up. Is there a way I can get hold of files I saved when Ubuntu was ...
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Ubuntu @myLaptop will boot only when failsafe graphics mode selected(several errors) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“You do not appear to be using the nvidia x server”(screenshot included)
Suddenly cannot boot into Ubuntu.
I am running ubuntu 11.04 at my asus laptop.
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How do I stop hanging while booting? [closed]
I have installed Ubuntu version 11.04.5 and I used Ubuntu just 2 days only. After that I am unable to start Ubuntu.
display error:grub file
I fully deleted that and reinstalled the same but I ...
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Why does my system get stuck at the splash screen after updating to Gnome 3? [closed]
Im a newbie to Linux and today I installed gnome-shell and I had previously installed nvidea current drivers provided by Ubuntu. After reboot it shows ubuntu splash screen and then stays there and ...
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How do I get the GRUB menu to display?
I've been having this issue with my hp dv7t laptop. I fixed it using the recommended option: set GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash radeon.modeset=0" and run update-grub.
However, that caused ...
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Unable to start on a HP pavilion dv6-3049tx [closed]
I am using the latest version with advanced feature of Ubuntu OS i.e Ubuntu 11.04. Here the some description what exactly I am suffering from.
When I start the Ubuntu OS after installation for the ...
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Why won't Ubuntu 11.04/11.10 boot after install? [closed]
So I have a desktop that I have been Using as a way over the top Media Center (specs at paste bin).
I have successfully run 10.04 and 10.10 on this system with only a bit of shenanigans with pulse ...
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“mountall main process executable changed” causing long boot times
I am desperately trying to improve my machine's boot time but I cannot succeed. For now I have spotted that in the verbose boot mode it stops for a longer time on this line :
mountall main process ...
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Resume from suspend occasionally causes a restart
Occasionally my pc wont resume from suspend (to ram) properly.
Instead of the expected "resume" the pc just does a normal boot.
My biggest problem is that I have no clue where to look for that ...
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DHCP-server doesn't start at boot because of wrong startup order
Apparently the isc-dhcp-server is started too early in the boot sequence, it states that it has nothing to do. If I just log directly in as root and start it using the init.d-script, it starts ...
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Kernel 2.6.38-10 and 2.6.38-11 unable to boot in AHCI mode
I switched in my BIOS (on an old Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H, rev. 1.1, Bios F1) the SATA settings from "Native IDE" to "AHCI" and was surprised that GRUB2 was not able to boot my kernel anymore. It ...
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11.04 boot takes over 4 minutes
I did a fresh install of Xubuntu 11.04 on a clean disk. CPU Athlon 64 X2 3600+, 1 GiB of RAM. The machine is about 5 years old and works like a charm normally.
Buuut: The normal boot takes about 4 ...
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1answer
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stuck in the busy box
i have been using windows xp and ubuntu natty using dual boot. it has run perfectly until one day when i tried to boot ubuntu i am getting the busy box shell. i dont know what that is :( when i try ...
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4answers
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Ubuntu not showing in the grub boot loader after installation
I installed ubuntu 11.04 alongside windows 7 on a partition that previously had ubuntu 10.04. It installed perfectly but on completion, after the reboot, the boot menu shows just 'memtest' and windows ...
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Can't use my new Logitech K750 when booting (GRUB) in Ubuntu 11.04
Yes, My new Logitech K750 works allright when my OS (Ubuntu 11.04) is up.
But there's only one thing: when booting and going into the GRUB2 bootloader, I can't select options by using the arrow ...
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11.04 won't boot all the way - unusable [closed]
I'm new to ubuntu/linux and need some trouble shooting help. I setup 11.04 with zoneminder, it worked great for a few weeks and now it seems to boot fine but I'm unable to use anything. runs very ...
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1answer
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2.6.38-10 stops booting
11.04 natty narwhale (2.6.38-10) stop boot.
After work with: gparted, palimpsest, mountmanager.
sda:
sda1 ntfs flag: boot Windows 7 mbr
sda2 ntfs
sda3 extended flag: lba (?)
sda5 ntfs
sda6 ext4 ...
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Optimize bootup sequence
I'm on Ubuntu 11.04 (upgraded from 10.10) and suffering really high bootup times. It got so annoying, that I decided to dive into bootchart analysis myself. Therefore I installed bootchart and ...
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2answers
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Triple boot Windows XP, Ubuntu, & Mac on Acer z5g notebook
I'm planning to install Mac OS X using these instructions
http://basshead.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/snow-leopard-on-acer-aspire-one-aoa150zg5/
on my Acer z5g notebook
I have Windows XP & Ubuntu ...
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Error “fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed”
I am trying to install ubuntu for the first time. (long time windows user, first time linux!)
Version = 11.04 Hardware = Acer Travelmate 4050
I can boot from USB or CD and it loads fine
I have ...
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No longer able to boot stuck in busybox shell
I've installed win 7 and ubuntu 11.04. After a storm killed the power. i'm unable to boot.
I'm stuck in the busybox shell (ash).
Here's what happens when i boot:
Bios loads
Grub displays option ...
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LiveCD not booting/can't install
So, I got a new laptop some days ago, and as usual I formatted it to install Ubuntu. I downloaded 11.04 and burned it on my pendrive using my old laptop (running 11.04).
When I tried to boot from the ...
