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 Ubuntu Precise 64 Bit PC's Boot Time is Two Minutes. Isn't that too much? Any Idea? [duplicate]
My Ubuntu PC boots up in 2 minutes. First minute goes for greeter session and the second minute goes for user login session. Is this normal?
My PC's main spesifications are as below:
Ubuntu ...
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black screen with blinking cursor
Suddenly my 12.10 desktop went into a black screen. I couldnt do anything so I power cycled. Now I get it on boot. I can't do anything. Shift doesn't work to get into grub. Ctrl, alt f1 doesn't work ...
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Mac OS X Issues [closed]
I am a student and Mac OS X is new for me. I got an assignment . My aim is to hook MAC OS X at boot time after this i want to run my application to do some operation on boot volume. Then boot volume ...
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No such parition, grub rescue
I have a sony viao laptop with windows 7. I have no access to Windows CD/DVD now. I dual booted with Ubuntu 13.04 and everything was working fine. I then copied all my data from windows C drive to ...
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How can I make Ubuntu the default boot option on a newer laptop (UEFI)?
I have a HP Spectre XT that I installed Ubuntu on. I have turned "Secure Boot" off and turned on "Legacy Support" in the settings. This laptop has UEFI and it always boots to Windows 8 rather than the ...
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tried to update from lucid lynx, now computer won't boot
I don't know much about my computer, I have been trying to get an old custom computer updated. it was running on lucid lynx, I tried to update from the terminal with some 'copy and pasted' 'sudo ...
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Installed ubuntu, does not give a boot option [duplicate]
I've been attempting this for 5 days.. I have downloaded numerous help tools , & read as many post as I can tolerate.
After attempting 13.04 live USB I reverted to 12.04. Used universal USB ...
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New Ubuntu Studio install won't load
I just picked up an Gateway/Acer laptop w/ Windows 8 64 bit OS
AMD Dual Core Processor E-2 1800
4 GB DDR3
500 GB HDD
Ubuntu Studio is loaded on the machine but has never booted. I get a message ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 does not boot after install - Single disk no Windows
Hi I have a HP Elite 7300 series desktop PC with EFI bios, no legacy bios option. I have created following partitions on my 80GB disk and installed Ubuntu 13.04. EFI partition is flagged as boot. I ...
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Console output through plymouth-text
During plymouth-text (Proprietary Nvidia ), my "kubuntu 13.04 ..." splash screen suddenly shows bootmessages near the end of the bootup. Messages like "Daemon xxx loading [Done]".
Why are these ...
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Ubuntu will not boot
I had Ubuntu running on an acer easyStore box. When the power supply got too loud, I decided to move the harddrive to a desktop box. However, when I tried to boot up, the screen tells me to pick a cd ...
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How do I pxeboot all of ubuntu onto a computer without any i/o exept ethernet (and keyboard) while without an hd?
I have an old Vaio computer that was going to be thrown out because it has a faulty hard drive, and no i/o ports work except the ethernet (and the keyboard). (Note: I know that it is possible to ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 random boot
Hi I've installed Ubuntu 13.04 and after installing Nvidia drivers I'm having real troubles getting into Ubuntu.
Randomly it crashes before booting into unity(login screen?) with random messages but ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 will not fully load after reboot
I am worried I need to reinstall. When I hit shutdown and choose restart, it restarts, then never fully loads. I can only see icons and can move the mouse. I cannot open files or programs. It is ...
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USB boot doesn't work
I have installed Ubuntu on a USB stick and tried to boot it on my PC, but when I did this all that happend was a flickering appearing, going on and on and on. Nothing happens.
What can I do about ...
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How to Dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04 using Windows 8 bootloader?
I have Dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 13.04 with separate /boot. But at startup, I want to directly boot into Windows 8 bootloader, and right there select Windows, or, Ubuntu. I have added entry using ...
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Fatal error during GPU init" during boot - radeon
I have installed ubuntu 13.04. I can boot successfully to ubuntu screen. However, during boot, I get error messages for 1 second or so, and continues to boot.
One of the error message was:
radeon ...
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Does Ubuntu have any system file that emulates Windows vga.sys?
My HP Pavilion zv5410us will boot from a Unbuntu 12.04 LTS Live CD, but it will not boot from my hard drive installation of the same system. It installed easily and is trying to use the nouveau ...
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Blacklist.conf “Ignoring Bad Line Boot Prompt”
Alright Ubuntu wizards, I jacked up my system a bit unnecessarily, which is now giving me the chance to learn more about how to fix it...a vicious cycle. Anyway, I have it mostly up and running ...
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Can't boot Ubuntu after hard reset. (GRUB issues) [duplicate]
I have a laptop with both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 installed. Windows crashed, and I have to get a repair disk for it, so in the meantime, I'm using Ubuntu, however when I went to boot Ubuntu I got ...
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Which Ubuntu ISO should I burn for my system?
When I am downloading Ubuntu to burn it and install on a partition, I keep getting the amd version (ubuntu-12.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso). I don't have an amd processor but I have intel i7 3740QM.
On the ...
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Error Unknown FileSystem: Grub Rescue? [duplicate]
I had a dual boot system for Windows 7 and Linux 10.10 . I am new to linux and hadnt upgraded it before ir reached its end-of-life. So I decided to delete the partition in which linux was installed ...
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Windows 8 Problem, liveusb, bios = blackscreen
I bought a new laptop (Asus x201) and I wanted to install Ubuntu as a Dual boot or just Ubuntu (so delete Win8), and there are everywhere problems. It started that while booting Win 8 I cannot even ...
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Multiple OS's, several drives, need a working boot manager
Okay, so I have several drives with various operating systems on various partitions.
the main drive is a 200GB sliced into a primary for Ubuntu a swap and some storage. the other drives 2x350GB are ...
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Unable to boot USB install image 13.04
I've tried creating a USB boot drive but it always fails with a message from Syslinux and a boot: prompt.
unknown keyword in configuration file FILE0
boot:
I've checked the md5sum of the iso - the ...
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Can't boot to Ubuntu 13.04 after installing
I know that there is lots of people with the exact same problem, but I can't get an answer from another place (I've really been trying for hours), so here is my problem.
I got Ubuntu 13.04 on my CD ...
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Windows 7 not booting after installation of Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 along side Windows 7 ultimate. But the problem is as soon as I switch on my computer. There is only a blank screen with my TFT screen displaying a message "Out of Range".
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GPU lockup, Ch. 1 failed to idle
HP Pavilion zv5000: I am able to boot up to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit using Live CD, but I get a "GPU lockup" message when I boot from my Ubuntu 12.04 installation on my hard drive. Ubuntu installed ...
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Ubuntu installation and startup problem [duplicate]
I am a newbie to Ubuntu. I just installed Ubuntu in my friend's computer and it completed successfully. But when I tried doing the same in my computer, it didn't turn out to be successful. I installed ...
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Lenovo Y500 Dual Booting Ubuntu and Windows 8: Stuck on Purple Screen
I'm installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Lenovo y500 with nvidia geforce 750M using uefi. What I've done so far
Regular install with Ubuntu disc. (through legacy)
Boot repair (recommended) (through ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 boots oddly?
By default, Ubuntu 13.04 is supposed to boot graphically, correct? My Ubuntu install boots up half graphical and half verbosely.
Also, I have to reboot twice in order to boot, meaning I press the ...
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Transfer speeds - running Ubuntu from external HDD via eSATA
Would it be too slow to run Ubuntu from an external HDD via eSATA or would I not tell the difference?
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installing ubuntu from dvd
i have downloaded ubuntu to give it a go on a spare pc.
i followed the instructions and set up a dvd. it works and brings up the demo page if you put it in a pc already booted up, but i can not get ...
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Ubuntu server boots, then shows blinking cursor
My Ubuntu server boots but then shows a blinking cursor. It passes GRUB and I get the boot log output and all seems fine, however I get no shell after booting. I can boot into recovery just fine ...
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How to run a script in boot as root
I had a script that automatically enables my wifi without using networkmanager but I don't know how to run the script as root while the system is booting.
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Unable to boot into Ubuntu (Dual-boot Win 7 and Ubuntu)
I downloaded and installed the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit just now. I followed this EasyBCD guide to install Ubuntu on my computer as previous attempt to install Ubuntu normally was unsuccessful (GRUB ...
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Resize Boot Device Volume [duplicate]
I'm Wondring how can I resize Boot Volume because it got 15GO of space and he use only 71.7MB only almost 0% of space. So I want to reduce This space and add it to principle Device "/"
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Can't boot properly
So here's the thing. I installed ubuntu on my pen drive, and the installation went perfectly but now when I'm starting my PC I am faced with those 3 options again: 1. install
2. try without installing
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Grub Rescue Unknown Filesystem Error. Grub Corrupted or Filesystem?
Now it has happened twice & have been pulling my hairs now...
I have installed xubuntu on my external hardisk & have been using it for about 3 months. It has three partitions, one of 500 mb ...
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boot - Ubuntu hangs at purple screen after upgrade to 13.04
I was using Ubuntu 12.10 and upgraded to 13.04
Now Ubuntu just hangs at purple screen.
I have tried installed KDM and switched to KDM. I get the login prompt at KDM but login fails and shows up ...
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How to set up a bootable Truecrypt USB with Ubuntu on it?
Oddly enough, I haven't found the solution to this yet, unless I've misinterpreted the search results I've been seeing.
I want to encrypt a USB flash drive so that I can select "Boot from USB" on any ...
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Ubuntu 12.10, I can't clean up space in boot directory
I'm trying to update but it can't and tells me that I need to clear up space in the boot directory but I can't remove anything from it and the sudo command does nothing. Below is the actual message I ...
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“Disk drive for dev/mapper/cryptswap 1 is not ready”
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS i-386
I get the message:
Disk Drive for dev/mapper/cryptswap 1 is not ready or not present
as I am booting Ubuntu.
It will give me the message about 3 times and then finally load ...
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There is a boot Error when I try to boot Pendrive on an old PC
I have an old PC (2001 gateway...yea..its hat old..) that everyone,but me has given up hope on. I use a program on my Ubuntu Laptop called UNetbootin to download and install new Linux operating ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 failing to boot
I'm having a problem launching Ubuntu.
So I'm currently dual booting Ubuntu and Windows, and when I launch Ubuntu, the screen goes dead (not black, dead). This problem started recently, for no ...
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Accidentally Wiped out Hard Disk With Windows 8 while installing ubuntu 13.04, Is there any way to recover? [duplicate]
I brought my Dell Inspiron 15R (5521) laptop yesterday only, I tried to installing ubuntu 13.04 as I go along with installation (I selected first option for selecting disk) I think wiped out entire ...
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How do I create a Windows bootable usb stick with Ubuntu?
I'd like to create a Windows 8 bootable usb stick, but I don't have a Windows machine with me to do so. So how do I do it with Ubuntu?
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Ubuntu will no longer load
I have a Samsung Series 9 NP900X3A-A03US laptop on which I put a brand new Kubuntu install last week, using the 12.10 x64 image. This installation included using full disk encryption for the whole ...
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ubuntu 12.04 OS crashes repetaedly
I have installed ubuntu 12.04 -64 bit in one Intex CPU , but after some time it start ubuntu 12.04 experiences an unknown error.
i try to solve it by enable value from 1 to 0, but it still exists. ...
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Which kernels from Ubuntu 3.5.0 can I remove? [duplicate]
After reading some very helpful information on your forums, I now know how to remove unneeded kernels to free up disk space for updates.
Can any of you tell me which of the following I can safely ...
