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Ubuntu 13.04 hangs at grab after upgrading
I met with a problem or two every single time I upgraded Ubuntu to a newer version. And this time, when I upgraded Ubunutu from 12.10 to 13.04 the new problem was that, the booting hangs at GRUB.
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Trying to upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04, logo - black screen
I recently attempted to upgrade from Ubuntu 12 to Ubuntu 13.04.
Upon restart, I get a quick flash of the Ubuntu logo, and then the screen goes black. It stays that way until I restart the device.
I ...
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Upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 Problem - Boots into Blank Black Screen
After upgrade my desktop system (asrock z77, intel i5, geforce gtx 650, 16 GB ram) can only boot to a black screen. I mean after the GRUB interface (kernel is 3.8.8-19-generic) and purple screen.
I ...
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Ubuntu not booting after upgrade failed [from quantal to raring]
I am having a big time getting my laptop to boot again. I have launch the upgrade process yesterday before going to sleep and today upon waking up, I saw that the upgrade somehow failed to complete ...
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Upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04 affecting other systems
I'm quite new to using Ubuntu. I have a dual-booted computer, running Windows 7 & Ubuntu 12.10. I'm planning to get an upgrade to 13.04. In terminal, I know the command is "do-release-upgrade". ...
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Ubuntu became Kubuntu after upgrading to 13.04!
I recently updated my Ubuntu 12.10 setup to 13.04 using sudo do-release-upgrade.
After going through the process and rebooting, I was a little confused by the GRUB menu showing a "Kubuntu" option ...
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How do I upgrade the kernel?
I have to upgrade to the new 3.7 kernel from 3.5 on Ubuntu 12.10 (3.5.0-24-generic kernel default) while also leaving the previously installed kernels and allow their optional selection during the ...
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Grub fails to update, apt ignores hold on package
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise
It's also an EC2 Instance
$ apt-mark showhold
grub-pc
Today I've ran apt-get upgrade and ...
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Messed up partitions after 11.04 upgrade
I wanted to upgrade my old 10.10 to 12.04 using alternate CD, and had to upgrade to 11.04 first. Unfortunately I ran into the following error after upgrading and rebooting to ubuntu :
the disk ...
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Should I install GRUB while upgrading Ubuntu from 10.04 to 12.04 on a VPS?
I just purchased a VPS running Ubuntu 10.04. During the installation, it asked if I would like to install GRUB. I actually don't know if I want to install GRUB or not. I'm afraid that I may mess ...
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Ubuntu all screwy after dist-upgrade. How do I revert the damage? [closed]
After last night's kernel upgrade I'm getting the following symptoms:
After restarting computer several times.
One of my screens (always the same one) is split down the middle. Not always in the ...
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How do I fix “mdadm: /dev/sdc1 not large enough to join array” for three identical discs?
After uppgrading to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in my server grub started to complain and give errors about my raid array, everything still seems to be working but it is a bit unnerving to have grub giving ...
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Unsuccessful upgrade from 11.10 to 12.4 LTS leads to black screen with cursor blinking
During the upgrade from 11.10 to 12.4, I got stuck on a screen with background image, and nothing else.
I restarted the computer, and after GRUB menu, screen gets black with cursor blinking.
I've ...
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Will GRUB be upgraded if I upgrade my system to a newer release?
I have a system with Ubuntu 11.10 and GRUB classic installed. Does an upgrade to the most recent version of Ubuntu also updates my GRUB to GRUB2?
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Tripple booting with Refit
I am currently working on a MAC that is dual booting Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit with MAC OS X (Lion I think) 64-bit via Refit; I never use the OS X partition because I can't stand the UI on Macs, my question ...
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How can I repair my raided system if I have recently upgraded Ubuntu and the system starts now with “grub rescue”?
My question is as stated in the title.
I tried to find the constituents of Grub at different folders as described elsewhere and I found the folder but when I tried the insmod Linux command, the ...
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grub boot order problems after update
My grub menu went through rather extensive changes after the last update. It started booting to my old 12.04 entry by default. Where this gets confusing is that there is no longer a 12.10 entry in ...
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Grub does not autoboot the default option after upgrade to 12.10
I recently upgraded Ubuntu from 12.04 to 12.10 and since that time, the system does not automatically boot. It always opens the boot menu, and I have to press Enter to make it boot Ubuntu.
It seems ...
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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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In trying to repair grub, I get an “Uncompression Error System Halted” notice
I had Ubuntu 12 .04 then installed windows. As usual, it wiped out my Ubuntu 12.04 grub. So I tried using a live CD to repair grub. However, the CD never really load and after eternity it gives me an ...
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Problem reinstall GRUB2
I tried to upgrade from 12.04 -> 12.10. The install seemed to go well but upon reboot, I get the grub recovery console.
I tried to reinstall using the boot-repair Boot Repair
which usually works a ...
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How to find out where the “grub” is installed
My Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS asking me during "apt-get dist-upgrade" where to install "GRUB" update. So how i can simply found out which partition/disc is the proper answer? I mean how to found out ...
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GRUB broken after 12.04 upgrade and again
After upgrade to 12.04 my GRUP was broken. I thought that a single problem so I booted from Ubuntu CD, mounted my Ubuntu disk, then grub-install, restarted PC and everything was fine again. But I've ...
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Booting trouble after upgrade to 12.10 on a Dell XPS 15z
Before the upgrade, booting did not work out of the box, but this site told me to put "acpi=noirq" before "quiet splash" in the commands befre startup, and edit /etc/default/grub too. This worked ...
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Grub Rescue prompt after 12.10 upgrade
Dual boot HP desktop that had Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 working fine until yesterday.
Upgraded to 12.10 and the grub install gave an error of not being able to write to the boot sector. It looks ...
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After update from 12.04 to 12.10 beta, stuck on grub rescue [duplicate]
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There’s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?
I just tried to upgrade my system from 12.04 to 12.10 beta. Everything seemed to go fine, but at ...
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Lost power during upgrade; now unusually long time to boot, but can boot previous version
I was upgrading from 10 to 11.10 the other day when it shut down during the upgrade. When I boot my computer, it asks me to pick from a few options. If I go with the first choice, it takes an ...
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Does changing in `lsb-release` file affects upgrades?
I have Ubuntu and Edubuntu installed on my laptop. But both shows as "Ubuntu ..." in the grub menu.
To workaround this, I can change the variable DISTRIB_ID and DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION to have values ...
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Unattended grub configuration after kernel upgrade
Today I have been working on automatic deployment of an ubuntu server. I got stuck on automatic updating of the server using apt-get upgrade trying to upgrade to a new kernel. The log looks like this:
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'Input not supported' error and no Grub after upgrading from 10.10 to 11.04
Running Windows Vista and Ubuntu 11.04 on an Acer tower. Was running 10.10 with kernel 2.6.35.32, running great. Upgraded to 11.04 from Update Manager, re-boot results in Input Not Supported error, ...
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Server problems after upgrade
I have an Ubuntu 12.04 server at home. It was working fine utile yesterday when I did an apt-get upgrade.
First problem : grub timeout is disabled. Bootup hangs on grub.
Second problem : the ...
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error: unknown LVM metadata header? [duplicate]
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There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?
I Upgraded to 12.10, and when grub ran through the upgrade it gave me these errors:
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Can't boot from Live CD to fix Grub problem
I have a dual boot of Win7 and Ubuntu on my HP laptop. I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04 today and on restart I got a different black Grub screen instead of the usual purple one. (GNU GRUB version ...
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Why does Eclipse keep crashing and dpkg erroring out?
I am getting the error:
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
This happened while I was trying to upgrade my PC. I use Eclipse and it keeps on crashing. Please help.
Here's the ...
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I cannot see the Grub after upgrading Ubuntu from 10 to 11
I just upgrade my Ubuntu 10 to 11, before that I have Windows XP and Ubuntu 10
now I got the new Ubuntu upgrade, but the Grub is not being shown. WELL, It actually is shown, but the screen are not ...
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Ubuntu freezes after grub [duplicate]
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What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?
I have a dual boot system with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. After cloning my 320 GB HDD to a 500 GB HDD, my system freezes ...
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Why won't grub load my newly upgraded kernel?
I upgrade my kernel
when I run update-grub, these are found
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-3.4.0-3-generic
Found kernel: ...
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Does a upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 updates a (manual) GRUB installation to GRUB2?
I have a Lenovo Ideapad S205, which has difficulties with GRUB2. Therefore I did a manual installation of GRUB 0.97. Will a upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 destroy my old GRUB or will it respect the ...
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Error on boot: unknown command 'gfxmode'. Pressing any key continues
When I boot into Linux, I get this:
Error: unknown command 'gfxmode'. Pressing any key continues
It takes about 5 secs to boot after that. Pretty slow compared to 11.10, I think. Anyway, my Ubuntu ...
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Upgrade to 12.04 Failed to Install GRUB [duplicate]
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GRUB complains of “no such partition” after installing 12:04
I started upgrade and everything went well until I got message that it failed to install (or ...
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How can I only load up the terminal via grub then upgrade
So after the upgrade I made last night I can't load up the GUI properly. I have a feeling the upgrade died half way through.
Grub is working. All the kernals are listed.
That being said how can I:
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No upgrade to 12.04 for UK? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
No upgrade possible via update manager
I am running 11.04 linux ubuntu on my toshiba computer ( 32 bits ) . In the settings for update manager , i did put notifying me ...
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After updating kernel to 3.0.0-14 the system does not boot
After the updatemanager gave me an update of the kernel from 3.0.0-13 to -14 i am not able to boot with that new kernel. I have to manually select -13 from older kernels.
This is even true for ...
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11.10 will not boot [closed]
I get something about unknown partition, and get sent to grub rescue.
Everything has been working ace up until 11.04, then when I decided to go for 11.10 the problems started.
My first attempt to ...
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Default kernel is missing from grub 1 menu
I have Ubuntu 11.04 dual boot with xp. I have upgraded to natty from ubuntu 10.11 by using command do-release-upgrade some months ago.
The update manager asked for some updations included the ...
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How can I repair a new kernel version and omit the “Previous Linux versions” from GRUB?
A few days ago, I upgraded to a new kernel. Unfortunately, before the installation was finished, the computer froze and I had to restart it forcefully.
Now, in GRUB, it shows the new kernel and below ...
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Upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10 lost MBR
I think I've lost my MBR upgrading from ubuntu 10.04 to 10.10.
During the upgrade it gave me a message saying which partitions did I want the grub details to go on, saying if I was unsure to select ...
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How to recover GRUB after upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04?
After I have done an upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 to Ubuntu server 10.04, the server stops with a GRUB rescue message, how can I recover my GRUB without reinstalling?
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Doesn't start up properly after upgrade
I cannot enter my desktop after an update last night.
I realize that they was add another release version(lines) in the GRUB.
How can I fix the problem?
should I run update again using recovery mode? ...
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How can I load Ubuntu when all I have is Grub?
So I have upgraded Ubuntu with the latest Kernel. But after the upgrade and after I rebooted Ubuntu, all I get is GRUB. How do I load Ubuntu again when all I have is GRUB?
I installed Ubuntu using ...
