Ubuntu :: 10.10 Doesn't Boot After Crashing During Update?
Mar 30, 2011
I'm using Ubuntu 10.10. It's the only OS I have on my laptop. I hadn't updated it for over two months, and one day I started the update. I downloaded about 300 MB of updates and then started installing. While it was doing its job applying all the updates it had downloaded I had some 2 or 3 PDF files open, Amarok and a folder. Suddenly the computer crashed; mouse was dead, so was the keyboard. The computer stopped completely; I wasn't able to reboot it even with "sys rq + R + E + I + S + U + B", to give an idea. I had to kill the power to shut the PC down. But then, when I tried to turn it back on, it started booting up and then the following text showed up (shown in-between quotes):
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Begin: Loading essential drivers ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... done.
Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done.
Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... done.
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I already tried to chroot into Ubuntu with the Ubuntu 10.10 Live CD, but when I mount the home partition and run "sudo chroot /media/Ubuntu", a message shows up that reads: "chroot: failed to run command `/bin/bash': Exec format error"
All I need is the log-on screen back on; a great deal of valuable information in the computer.
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Oct 1, 2009
For the past few days, the automatic GUI update has been crashing, complaining of a "Transaction error."
Here is the output that pops up in a separate window:
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I tried the following:
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And got the following (similar) output:
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I very rarely use xfce and I don't quite know what exo is, but I'd like to fix this problem if it's not too involved.
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As startup options I have:
CentOS (2.6.18-164.6.1.el5)
CentOS (2.6.18.-164.6.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-128.2.1.el5PAE)
CentOS (2.6.18-128.2.1.el5)
CentOS (2.6.18-128.1.14.el5)
CentOS (2.6.18-92.el5)
I'm not sure what are these options. Anyway - I have tried to choose every one and the result is aways the same : red Hat Nash version 5.1.19.6 starting
Then starts the clock [ok],
Then starts the "udev" [ok]
And then My screen goes to suspend mode, with the text "no signal".
The most important thing is to backup the data from the hard disk. Do I have any chance to repair this installation ?
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report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
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I've been having issues with yum for a while now. It won't install anything or update without crashing. When I tried to do 'yum update' after doing 'yum clean all' I got the following error:
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Error:
It updates the first two "momonga" and "momonga/primary_db", but then it crashes with the error.
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$ firefox
GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings schema 'apps.gecko-mediaplayer.preferences' is not installed
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For example, let's say that my PPA of Google Chrome issues an update on Tuesday. Despite the fact that my ubuntu computer was on for a couple hours in the morning on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, no update prompt appears alerting me to available updates. If I manually open Update Manager on Friday afternoon, then the update is there and waiting for installation. But how come I don't get an automatic prompt that an update is available? Do I have my settings wrong or something?
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From grub:
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Disk /dev/sda:
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2$ uname -a
Linux macbook 2.6.32-30-generic #59-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 1 21:30:46 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux
3$ lspci|grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
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# X
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu lucid main #X-Updates PPA
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates/ubuntu lucid main #X-Updates PPA
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I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
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