Questions tagged [recovery-mode]
Questions about using and getting tasks done with the command line recovery mode.
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USB device connecting and disconnecting repeatedly
I was having some problems booting into Ubuntu. After trying to reboot for sometime, I eventually opened the 4.4.0-31 recovery mode. while it was booting into recovery mode, it said that /dev/ubuntu-...
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Installation of Ubuntu 20.04 hung up and had to power off. After powering off, cannot boot into Linux on dual boot PC
For a little while now (6 years) my Lenovo z70 laptop was dual booted with having Windows 10 on one partition and Linux Ubuntu 16.04 on another partion.
Unfortunately, I had to upgrade to 18.04 since ...
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Ubuntu 16.04.3 Kernel panic during boot (after trying to auto decrypt disk on startup)
Followup to an earlier question on having my encrypted disk auto-decrypt on startup. It seems I completely shut myself out of my system, I'm getting a kernel panic on startup.
Here's what I did:
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grep /etc/resolv.conf no such file or directory
My system is broken, and I'm trying to reinstall the kernel packages in recovery mode with apt in a root shell.
I'm going to need network access. But it seems, my resolv.conf is gone
grep /etc/...
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extundelete - failed to read-only open device "/dev/sdb": Error code 2133571347
I have a Synology NAS with a RAID 1 setup on which I recently accidentally deleted a shared folder with data I want back. I shut down the NAS and booted into a machine with an Ubuntu Live Cd and ...
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Black screen before login
I'm having some trouble with my xubuntu. It was running just fine yesterday but it's not working today. I remember that I've flipped the power switch during the last shutdown (because it was taking ...
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Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7, I Can only boot ubuntu through recovery mode
I want to become a new user of Ubuntu, however this problem is preventing me.
I have/had Window 7 professional on my computer. I recently looked into getting linux. I discovered dual-booting and ...
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Error on Ubuntu boot up - it stays in recovering journal. How can I solve this?
I have a problem when starting my Ubuntu machine. The problem appeared right after doing:
sudo apt purge nvidia* libnvidia*
sudo apt autoremove
sudo reboot
After the machine came back to life, I got ...
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/lib/recovery-mode/recovery-menu line 80 /etc/default/rcs: no such file
I am new to ubuntu/linux.
I have checked similar questions but it doesn't answer my question. In grub when i select network(wired) or fsck. i get the error message. /lib/recovery-mode/recovery-menu ...
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Keyboard not working on Ubuntu 18.04 login screen
My keyboard and mouse are not working on the login screen hence I can't enter my password and log in to the system.
I can enter into tty sesstion and recovery mode, and keyboard works there.
I ...
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Nvidia driver curiously only loads properly when booting in recovery mode (Not blacklisted, secure boot disabled)
I've been having serious trouble getting the Nvidia drivers working on my machine with Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10. My graphics card is an RTX 2080 and my machine is an ASUS desktop. I've been getting the ...
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How to change a lost password of user account with full disk encryption enabled?
I have lost the password with Sudo privileges of my computer. I have searched the internet and this forum and have seen that this is usually rectified by entering recovery mode by holding the left ...
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Problem with Grub Recovery Menu on Xubuntu 18.04.2
This is a duplicate of:
fsck e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting
because I can not comment there and it is obvious to me that people marking this as duplicate and the one's responding didn't really ...
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HP Laptop will not boot after shutdown
I have installed ubuntu (MATE, minimal installation) on my laptop (SSD, HP brand), and it is a single boot system (no Windows).
Everything was OK for a few days, and I shut down and restarted ...
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Kubuntu only boots using Recovery Mode
I recently installed Kubuntu 16.10 alongside Windows 10 on my Samsung 850 Evo SSD. Everything works great, except that Kubuntu will only boot using recovery mode. I've tried updating and rolling back ...
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How to delete a file with given inode number from unmountable drive
This is fourth time in 2 years, my machine has refused to boot. Everytime different error. Last 3 times, I have sacrified the data and installed a fresh ubuntu. But this time I have large risk. I am ...
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"Filesystem check or mount failed" error. How to fix without harming Windows?
I was trying to update Ubuntu 12.04 to a new version and the computer crashed during the process. This is a computer with Ubuntu and Windows 7 installations.
After power button reboot and after ...
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running a command in recovery then rebooting back into recovery
Is there a way to run a command in recovery (that changes something in recovery)
then reboot back directly into recovery ( now with the change I made)
Note that this is not a duplicate as I am NOT ...
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Can't get into recovery mode using Shift Key... alternatives?
Ubuntu 13.04 via Parallels 9. Fresh install yesterday. This morning Ubuntu tried auto-update and now GNOME won't work... black screen... but if you blindly click around and find the terminal, it ...
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Ctrl+alt+F1 won't login
I'm having a "running in low-graphics mode" that won't ever take me to a login screen. When I enter the kill command, enter my login and password, it flashes a date and time stamp for an instant, then ...
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Recovery mode - nothing is done
I'm very new in Ubuntu, so any help will be appreciated.
I've tried to enter to Recovery mode and to fix my files system. I got the message below:
Continuing will remount your / filesystem in read/...
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I cannot shutdown Ubuntu 22.04. Failed to unmount /oldroot/dev
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 alongside Windows on an HP Victus with an Nvidia 3050 ti mobile and I cannot shut down Ubuntu properly. During the shutdown I get the following error messages:
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Change windows manager from recovery mode?
Is this possible?
choosewm says its not installed and I can't install it, presumably because I can't connect to WiFi from recovery mode
I'm running Fossa
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Black Screen after installing NVIDIA drivers on ubuntu 22.04
I have a dual boot system with an NVIDIA RTX 3070. I've had no problems in the past working on ubuntu and using windows for gaming. I tried to install Nvidia Drivers on ubuntu to get my GPU working on ...
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Give root password for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue):
I just upgraded Ubuntu today and when it's restarted it's showing subject message. The main problem is I forgot my root password. Now it's repeatedly saying: Give root password for maintenance (or ...
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Ubuntu cannot boot problems
I use Ubuntu 18.04 and it worked well, but when I turned on my computer this morning, the following problem occured.
Problem screenshot
I am fairly new to Linux and have no idea what this could mean ...
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Machine won't boot after upgrade from 18.04.6 to 20.04
I just tried to upgrade from Lubuntu 18.04.6 to 20.04 on a Station M2 mini PC. It's like a fancier Raspberry Pi.
The upgrade completed and the computer was functional. Upon reboot, I can't get the ...
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"Invalid signature"...."you need to load kernal first" error....when trying to access Advanced options in Recovery Mode Ubuntu 18.04
This is as far as I get when trying to get into the Recovery Mode to rest my password since Ubuntu 18.04 does not recognize the correct password. At the top of the screen it says :
GNU GRUB Ver 2.04
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Grub automatically boots into Recovery mode
Hardware Information:
OS: Ubuntu 21.10 impish
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.13.0-21-generic
Uptime: 25m
Packages: 2223
Shell: bash 5.1.8
Resolution: 2560x1600
DE: Gnome
WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Orchis
GTK Theme:...
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Ubuntu works only when started in recovery mode
I'm running Ubuntu 21.04 on Honor Magicbook and it worked fine until recently. Now, every time I start Ubuntu I get to log in screen, but after submitting my password I only see a mouse pointer on a ...
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How to fix "Drop to root Shell Prompt"?
I cannot load the ubuntu through the normal boot. So, I am trying to work on that by "Drop to root shell prompt" in the recovery mode. But, when I try to write anything I see diamond ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 after update, can't start/hangs and can't start recovery mode
Ubuntu 20.04 after update, can not start/hangs and can not start recovery mode.
Last night I ran update when the message popped up.
Unfortunately since the reboot the system behaves funny.
Either it ...
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I have a problem with Ubuntu
I use Linux, installed the Ubuntu distribution, as it is based on it.
Now I decided to play around with wine and put a couple of toys from Windows, installed wine and lutris. I installed Vulkan driver ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: Normal boot works, recovery mode hangs
Most of the related questions here are about normal boot not working properly, but recovery mode working.
In my case it's the other way around.
I'm running a dual boot of Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 ...
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Ubuntu 20.10 crash on boot
I was having problems with rgdal installation in R.
After reinstalling and rebooting, the system crashed!
I only see a black screen with:
/dev/sdb2: clean, 734088/7782400 files, 22665507/31127296 ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 starts only in recovery mode
If I start my laptop I can see only a black screen and nothing happens. After restarting again I can chose recovery mode from GRUB. It looks like the video driver is missing, bc the movies in VLC ...
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Windows 10 in recovery mode and grub menu isn't showing up
I tried to install Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS in dual boot with windows 10..After the successful installation when I hit enter after removing the usb,the windows booted into recovery mode..grub menu isn't ...
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I get a black screen with Ubuntu 20.04 / Windows 10 dual boot, only boots in recovery mode
I get a black screen with Ubuntu 20.04 / Windows 10 dual boot. Windows 10 boots fine, but Ubuntu 20.04 only boots in Recovery mode.
I am really trying to give up my Windows life and adopt Linux as OS,...
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I changed the background in login screen and now I can not log in
I Changed the background screen and when I tried to login it displays a error message.
I followed these steps. vitux.com/how-to-change-login-lock-screen-background-in-ubuntu
edited using text ...
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Problem with recovery mode
I'm running Ubuntu 18 and while I load recovery mod it only show numbers running up in increasing order and it didn't stop.
How can I stop this booting and stop running recovery mode?
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What should I do in emergency mode where I got couldn't find amd
Suddenly I'm facing this problem and searched for a solution, but I couldn't find anything. My laptop is a Lenovo g5070.
This probably happened when the electricity came back, cause I had a problem ...
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Unable to boot Ubuntu 19.04 into recovery mode
I installed Ubuntu 19.04 and Docker. I'm running some home automation containers on them. Everything was fine and I was happy.
Recently one of my friends modified my user permission allowing me to ...
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TensorBook: can't enter Ubuntu desktop
I have removed Nvidia drivers using sudo apt-get remove nvidia-* and now I can’t enter desktop, I also get "A start job is running for Hold until boot process finishes up(time/no limit)", someone can ...
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Cannot boot my Ubuntu after Upgrading it
So I did:
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I went to do some cleaning... So the system lock.
Then I tried to log back in. It wouldn't let me.
Then I forced Ubuntu to go into the terminal.
Then I tried ...
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Enable wifi in ubuntu recovery mode
I have a ubuntu 16.04 laptop with grub 2.02 that I can only boot in the recovery mode, but cant use wifi to fix it. The situation is thie folowing:
ifconfig -a shows me only loopback and ethernet ...
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Impossible to login through ssh (keeps waiting after password), workaround?
I recently installed an Ubuntu 17.10 Server, with not too much fancy software or customizations.
When I ssh to my machine, it asks for my password. The password prompt has my correct username. When I ...
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Recovery mode for 16.04 - is it with timeout?
I need to fix a black screen problem (after the nvidia driver update), so I tried to enter recovery mode (many times). The system gives me only about one minute to work in recovery mode, then it ...
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The system is running in low-graphics mode ubuntu 14.04 after samba
recently I tried to install samba in my ubuntu 14.04 after installation pc asked me to restart.
after Restarting I'm getting an error "The system is running in low graphics mode" I tried all the ...
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Hosted Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS Rescue Mode (no Grub) cannot reset root password
We need to reset the root password on a remotely hosted Ubuntu VM. There is no known sudo-account available. We only can access the VM via a web-based console. Using the Shift-key at boot time to get ...
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Xorg broken? No network-manager in recovery after complete update (16.04)
This is my first question in a linux forum. So far I was able to find solutions to the many situations I faced since I moved to linux. To the point:
Situation:
Yesterday I ran a dist-upgrade after ...
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