Help! upgraded from 6.06

cornish · 11-02-2006, 04:14 PM

ok I ran the following command:

gksu "app-manager -c -d"

now when the computer restarts it only gets as far as mounting root file system

and no further. Any one know how to fix this??

I want to save all the files in my /home/username before I rebuild it(not that I want to)

crashsystems · 11-02-2006, 04:29 PM

If you are going to install from scratch, then you can boot to a live cd, mount the local drive, copy the files to somewhere else, then re-install.

crashsystems

cornish · 11-03-2006, 08:57 AM

If I can mount my hard drive from the Live CD then I must be able to figure out what is going on, which log file should I check?

crashsystems · 11-03-2006, 09:49 AM

/var/log/syslog is a good place to start, but it would probably be best to at least take a glance at all of them. If you find anything of interest, don't forget to post it here.

crashsystems

cornish · 11-07-2006, 04:13 PM

Code:

Nov  7 21:56:47 ubuntu syslogd 1.4.1#17ubuntu7: restart.
Nov  7 21:56:47 ubuntu kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.15-23-386
Nov  7 21:56:47 ubuntu kernel: Loaded 23018 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.15-23-386.
Nov  7 21:56:47 ubuntu kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.15.
Nov  7 21:56:47 ubuntu kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled. 
Nov  7 21:56:47 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] Linux version 2.6.15-23-386 (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #1 PREEMPT Tue May 23 13:49:40 UTC 2006

Nov  7 21:59:57 ubuntu kernel: [4294951.691000] ReiserFS: hdb1: journal params: device hdb1, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30
Nov  7 21:59:57 ubuntu kernel: [4294951.692000] ReiserFS: hdb1: checking transaction log (hdb1)
Nov  7 21:59:57 ubuntu kernel: [4294951.701000] ReiserFS: hdb1: replayed 13 transactions in 0 seconds
Nov  7 21:59:57 ubuntu kernel: [4294951.747000] ReiserFS: hdb1: Using r5 hash to sort names
Nov  7 21:59:57 ubuntu kernel: [4294952.104000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Nov  7 21:59:57 ubuntu kernel: [4294952.104000] EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal
Nov  7 21:59:57 ubuntu kernel: [4294952.104000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Nov  7 22:00:38 ubuntu kernel: [4294992.796000] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
Nov  7 22:00:38 ubuntu kernel: [4294992.796000] EXT3 FS on hda1, internal journal
Nov  7 22:00:38 ubuntu kernel: [4294992.796000] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Nov  7 22:00:50 ubuntu gconfd (root-6780): GConf server is not in use, shutting down.
Nov  7 22:00:50 ubuntu gconfd (root-6780): Exiting

does this help

crashsystems · 11-07-2006, 04:21 PM

That chunk of log file is from Nov 7th. You'll need to find the log file entries from the day and time that you originally ran the update. Look in the syslog.#.gz (where # stands for various numerical values), and you should be able to find the log entries from the 2nd (I'm assuming that is when you did the update, since that is when your original post was).

crashsystems

cornish · 11-07-2006, 04:52 PM

Thanks for you quick reply Io actually gave you log for the virtual drive from the live CD, but check this out, this is the XORG log

(EE) NVIDIA(0): that the NVIDIA device files have been created properly.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Please consult the NVIDIA README for details.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting ***
(II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
(II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
(II) UnloadModule: "fb"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

crashsystems · 11-07-2006, 05:08 PM

That stuff from your xorg log looks interesting, but I have never used a nvidia driver with linux, so I wouldn't know what to do about that. Searching LQ for some of the stuff from that log might help. Meanwhile, I just took a second glance at your original post, but I noticed that the program you called was "app-manager" (which does not exist on my system, in 6.06 or 6.10), but the upgrade instructions on the ubuntu site say to use "update-manager -c". Anyways, since Ubuntu installs are so quick and easy, it might be quicker for you to mount your hd, back up you home folder and start over. I'm about to leave the office, so I won't be able to read your post until tomorrow, but let me know how it goes.

crashsystems

crashsystems · 11-09-2006, 12:28 PM

If you haven't wiped your hd yet, I think I have found a solution, at ubuntuforums.org. This looks like it should solve your problem.

crashsystems

cornish · 11-09-2006, 04:06 PM

Your 24 hours late I got tired of trying to fix so I wiped the HD and re-install 6.06 thankfully I keep all my files on a second hard drive so nothing really lost just a couple of hours tinkering again