Ok, this thread has got more than 100 Views, yet no responses...
Anyway, I have been trying to find out where its going wrong, and here is what I found
1. Frustrated with it all, I re installed f16 - fresh, clean.
2. I updated like last time. 132 MB downloaded as delta, and then some 60MB more was downloaded as packages.
3. I restarted, expecting to find myself stuck like last time. It worked fine.
4. Then, I proceeded to make some changes as usual. I can remember doing the following: I installed the codecs and stuff, made changes to fstab, (added ntfs partitions), installed Ailirus and installed eclipse, netbeans and some other software via that. Went to extensions.gnome.org and added my favorite extensions. made ailirus add sudo options. used xbacklight to auto reduce brightness to 0%, in the /etc/gdm/Init/default file. Thats about it. I can't remember what Else i installed, but when I rebooted, once again, I am stuck.
Stuck once more.
But with changes.
This time, Im not stuck in the boot messages. The gnome display manager starts up, and is stuck at this point:
The screen brightness reduces as expected, and the screen goes blank, and the mouse circle (waiting or working) mouse symbol shows up at the bottom right corner. And thats it. I can move the waiting ball mouse pointer with my touchpad, but no use. NOTHING else ever happens. No login screen. No nothing.I am able to go to other ttys by ctrl+alt+F2 and all, but gdm is stuck there.
The boot messages are the same as last time.
I tried to use recovery mode of the earlier kernel, and it dropped me to the terminal. but there too, gdm acted the same way.
here is the boot log of the recovery attempt.
Code:
%G%G
Welcome to [0;34mFedora release 16 (Verne)[0m!
Starting Syslog Kernel Log Buffer Bridge...
Started Syslog Kernel Log Buffer Bridge [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Load legacy module configuration...
Starting Media Directory...
Starting Remount API VFS...
Started Runtime Directory [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started File System Check on Root Device [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Remount Root FS...
Started Lock Directory [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Software RAID Monitor Takeover...
Starting POSIX Message Queue File System...
Starting Debug File System...
Started Load Kernel Modules [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started FUSE Control File System [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Apply Kernel Variables...
Starting Set Up Additional Binary Formats...
Starting Huge Pages File System...
Starting Security File System...
Started Configuration File System [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Setup Virtual Console...
Starting udev Kernel Device Manager...
Starting udev Coldplug all Devices...
Started Media Directory [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Remount API VFS [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Remount Root FS [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Load legacy module configuration [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Software RAID Monitor Takeover [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started POSIX Message Queue File System [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Debug File System [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Apply Kernel Variables [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Huge Pages File System [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Security File System [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Configure read-only root support...
Starting STDOUT Syslog Bridge...
Started STDOUT Syslog Bridge [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started udev Kernel Device Manager [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System...
Started udev Coldplug all Devices [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Arbitrary Executable File Formats File System [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization...
Started Set Up Additional Binary Formats [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Configure read-only root support [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Setup Virtual Console [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Load Kernel Modules [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Configuration File System [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started FUSE Control File System [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Lock Directory [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started File System Check on Root Device [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Runtime Directory [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting /dev/disk/by-uuid/5b956aa3-dd56-4de3-bf85-2cd402e06f7c...
Started /dev/disk/by-uuid/5b956aa3-dd56-4de3-bf85-2cd402e06f7c [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting /dev/disk/by-uuid/c83d2ad3-7970-44e2-a4c1-bf8875844387...
Started /dev/disk/by-uuid/c83d2ad3-7970-44e2-a4c1-bf8875844387 [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting /media/mint...
Starting /media/documents...
Started /media/mint [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting /media/jukebox...
Started udev Wait for Complete Device Initialization [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Wait for storage scan...
Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting FUSE Control File System...
Started FUSE Control File System [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started /media/documents [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started /media/jukebox [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Wait for storage scan [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Initialize storage subsystems (RAID, LVM, etc.)...
Started Initialize storage subsystems (RAID, LVM, etc.) [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Initialize storage subsystems (RAID, LVM, etc.)...
Started Initialize storage subsystems (RAID, LVM, etc.) [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling...
Started Monitoring of LVM2 mirrors, snapshots etc. using dmeventd or progress polling [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Reconfigure the system on administrator request [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Mark the need to relabel after reboot [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Relabel all filesystems, if necessary [[1;32m OK [0m]
Starting Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data...
Starting Load Random Seed...
Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
Started Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data [[1;32m OK [0m]
Started Load Random Seed [[1;32m OK [0m]
Failed to start Recreate Volatile Files and Directories [[1;31mFAILED[0m]
See 'systemctl status systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service' for details.
Starting Console System Startup Logging...
Starting Restore Sound Card State...
Starting Bluetooth service...
Starting IPv4 firewall with iptables...
Starting IPv6 firewall with ip6tables...
Starting Rescue Shell...
Can someone please help me?
Fedora 16, Dell XPS15 Boot Issue, Multiple Start Failures
