I am relatively new to Linux although I've played with Kubuntu for the last year or so and learned to love it. My problem is that I cannot boot Kubuntu. I shut down my computer over the weekend (normal shutdown) and when I turned it back on I couldn't load the Kubuntu OS. It will progress normally until the Kubuntu logo and the blue progress bar comes on the screen. Then it will dump me into busybox. Also, I'm not sure if it's related or not, but I cannot access my computer's BIOS. I would appreciate any help that anyone could offer, but keep in mind that I am a newbie and don't do better with gui than command line unless it's spelled out step by step.
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
Hi,
so you cannot get into the BIOS
That seems indeed odd and points to a hardware problem rather than anything else. To confirm you may want to boot a live CD and see whether that comes up...
If it does, we'll try to get your Kubuntu up and running again. If it doesn't it may that you got yourself an M$ root kit on board
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
My BIOS is apparently set to boot first from the hard drive (can't get in to see), but I did disconnect my hard drive and then the live CD boots okay. I'm not sure what that tells you.Comment
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
Ah! There is hope
When you next switch the computer on you will see the grub screen first with its three entries for kubuntu followed by whatever other OSs you have on your machine.
When that screen appears press "e" for edit. The next screen should show you the entries for your standard OS, i.e. Kubuntu. Select the line beginning with "kernel" and find and delete the last two words, i.e. "quiet splash". Press enter and boot.
The system should now come up without the graphic nonsense. Instead you (should) see the kernel at work. Please note where it stops, if it stops at all.
FYI - deleting those couple of words is only valid for this one booting procedure.
Let us know what happens.Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQComment
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
I fixed the BIOS (unrelated problem) but I still cannot boot Kubuntu. Toad, I followed the instructions in your last post. Something seemed to be working (non-graphical), and it eventually stopped after appearing to detect all the peripherals on my system. I'm assuming that it was doing what it should although how would I know (I don't understand too much code)? How do I get a normal boot into the graphical environment?Comment
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
Glad you got your BIOS sorted!
In order to get your X (the graphical interface or in Kubuntu's case KDE) back on the road we need to know the exact result of the non-graphical boot. Please do it again. If you get a shell (name_of_your_computer:~$), we are back on track. In that case try the following:And report back.Code:sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start
Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQComment
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
Okay, I tried it again it ran through a bunch of stuff but ended with this (these are the last few lines):
Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ...
Done.
Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init
BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu7) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
Right, my immediate guess is that perhaps you have done something to the partitioning before the weekend?
I have read that if you replace the words "quiet splash" in the grub kernel line with "all_generic_ide --" the system will boot and bring you to at least the command line login. Is that the case?
If so please log in and typeto see whether kdm comes up. If it does, log in and stay in to post the output of the following commands:Code:sudo /etc/init.d/kdm start
Code:sudo blkid
Code:cat /etc/fstab
If kdm does not come up we have to get the above output from a live CD. This is slightly more complicated, as you would have to jump through a couple more hoops, but still perfectly manageable.Code:sudo fdisk -l
Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQComment
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
Okay, I replaced "quiet splash" with "all_generic_ide --" but I still ended up in BusyBox. And I don't recall doing anything to the partitioning since I installed Kubuntu about 6 months ago. I'll include the last dozen lines here for you:
Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ...
Done.
[ 71.037086] usb 1-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
Target filesystem doesn't have /sbin/init
BusyBox v1.1.3 (Debian 1:1.1.3-5ubuntu7) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs) [ 71.210209] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 71.452668] usb 8-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
[ 71.586860] usb 8-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 71.601958] input: Logitech USB Mouse as /class/input/input2
[ 71.602027] input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1a
.0-2
[ 71.602158] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 71.602206] /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-c
ore.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
Have you inserted a usb stick or other device (flash disk) which could have switched the order of disks around? If so, please unplug it/them and try again.
If not, boot from a live CD, assume root of your Kubuntu install by opening a root shell in your live CD environment and typeIf you are using the Kubuntu live CD that should readCode:chroot /dev/sda1
NOTE: in the above cases you are now root for /dev/sda1, i.e. the first partition of your master disk drive. If your Kubuntu / is on the slave disk then it should read sdb.Code:sudo chroot /dev/sda1
The same goes for the partition. If your Kubuntu / is on the third primary partition, the number should be 3 instead of 1. If it is on the first logical partition the number should be 5, the second logical = 6, etc.
Hope that is clear. If in doubt, please ask.
Once you have assumed root of your Kubuntu install please input the last three commands of my previous post and post them here in the forum.Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQComment
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
More bad news!!! I can't boot from my live cd. I tried several versions of Linux cds, but my Kubuntu live cd acts the same as if I boot from hard drive. The only thing that I can get to run on the computer is Puppy Linux (loads into ram). Any ideas? I appreciate any help.Comment
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
You could either proceed as in my previous post or save your home partition using the puppy live CD and then install puppy.Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQComment
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
Okay, I am running on a live puppy cd, and I tried "chroot /dev/sda1" in the terminal and it just returned with "chroot: cannot change root directory to /dev/sda1: Not a directory". I also tried "sudo chroot /dev/sda1" and the return was "bash: sudo: command not found".
I can access /dev/sda1 though, and I am wondering if I could just back up my home directory, format the hard drive, and do a reinstall of Kubuntu, although I am wondering how to do that if I can't get the Kubuntu live cd to work. I am also afraid that I'll lose data (how does it work? is everything in the home directory?).Comment
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
aldee, you are persistent. My hat is off to you!
Let's gather more info on your hard drive. Boot puppy and open a root shell (should be somewhere in the system menu). Typefdisk is THE partitioning programme and the -l (called l "flag") stands for "list". You are basically asking fdisk to list all partitions.Code:fdisk -l
Please post the output. Could you also tell us about your computer (processor, RAM, hard disks, etc.) by posting the output ofCode:cat /proc/cpuinfo
andCode:cat /proc/meminfo
And any other info you fancy.Code:cat /proc/diskstats
Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQComment
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Re: Help! Can't load my Kubuntu
From the command "fdisk -l" here is the output:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160040803840 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 18701 150215751 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 18702 19457 6072570 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 18702 19457 6072538+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 2011 MB, 2011168768 bytes
15 heads, 14 sectors/track, 18705 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 210 * 512 = 107520 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 2 18706 1963908 6 FAT16
From the command "cat /proc/cpuinfo" here is the output:
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 6
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 3000.236
cache size : 2048 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 6
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clfush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm contant-tsc pni
monitor de_cpl est cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 6005.06
clflush size : 64
From the command "cat /proc/meminfo" here is the output:
MemTotal: 2074976 kB
MemFree: 1767016 kB
Buffers: 31332 kB
Cached: 211900 kB
SwapCached: 0 kB
Active: 128308 kB
Inactive: 158100 kB
HighTotal: 1178496 kB
HighFree: 917592 kB
LowTotal: 896480 kB
LowFree: 849424 kB
SwapTotal: 6072528 kB
SwapFree: 6072528 kB
Dirty: 0 kB
Writeback: 0 kB
AnonPages: 43184 kB
Mapped: 24212 kB
Slab: 12108 kB
SReclaimable: 6764 kB
SUnreclaim: 5344 kB
PageTables: 700 kB
NFS_Unstable: 0 kB
Bounce: 0 kB
CommitLimit: 7110016 kB
Committed_AS: 182756 kB
VmallocTotal: 114680 kB
VmallocUsed: 5168 kB
VmallocChunk: 109248 kB
From the command "cat /proc/diskstats" here is the output:
2 0 fd0 21 0 38 255876 0 0 0 0 0 255876
1 0 ram0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 ram1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 ram2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 ram3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 4 ram4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 5 ram5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 6 ram6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 7 ram7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 8 ram8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 9 ram9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 10 ram10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 11 ram11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 12 ram12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 13 ram13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 14 ram14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 15 ram15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 0 loop0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 1 loop1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 2 loop2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 3 loop3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 4 loop4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 5 loop5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 6 loop6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 7 loop7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 0 sda 807 594 2444 832 28 17 360 32 0 764 864
8 1 sda1 0 0 0 0
8 2 sda2 0 0 0 0
8 5 sda5 113 120 0 0
11 0 cr0 982 34376 141432 75892 0 0 0 0 0 35604 75892
8 32 sdc 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 16 sdb 729 135 2025 484 0 0 0 0 0 448 484
8 17 sdb1 165 1089 0 0
8 48 sdd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 64 sde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 80 sdf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Comment
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