[TriLUG] TriLUG Digest, Vol 3525, Issue 1

[Matthew Glassman via TriLUG]

I can see the boot messages but they go too fast and it stops at loading an
image.  I may try to run in non graphical mode to see if that is the
issue.

On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 12:00 PM via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

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> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 15:59:59 -0400
> Subject: [TriLUG] Ubuntu Won't Boot (after update)
> Hello everyone,
>
> Running Ubuntu 18.04 (Graphical) in a VirtualBox and was working fine.  Got
> the update notification and told it to go ahead and install updates.
> Updates installed and told it to go ahead an reboot the VM instance.   Done
> this plenty of times with no problems.   This time the VM reboots and it
> starts loading Ubuntu with the splash screen (Ubuntu title with the little
> dots under it).  Next thing I know that disappears and then the Ubuntu logo
> shows up at the bottom of the screen and I can't do anything.
>
> I've tried booting to a different kernel.  FSCK didn't find anything
> wrong.  Tried to boot in to recovery mode and uninstall recent packages,
> but none of the apt commands work.  Doesn't seem to be able to go out and
> fetch or update anything.  Can't ping or nslookup, but ifconfig (from root
> prompt) shows the network getting an IP and the DNS is the same as it has
> been.  Anyone run into this?
>
> One other item of note, prior to the Ubuntu Splash screen it says.
> Recovering Journal
> /dev/sda1 (the HDD) clean
> [15.577368] [drm:vmw_host_log] [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to send log
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew
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> From: Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
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> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 16:09:19 -0400
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Ubuntu Won't Boot (after update)
> On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 4:00 PM Matthew Glassman via TriLUG
> <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Running Ubuntu 18.04 (Graphical) in a VirtualBox and was working fine.
> Got
> > the update notification and told it to go ahead and install updates.
> > Updates installed and told it to go ahead an reboot the VM instance.
>  Done
> > this plenty of times with no problems.   This time the VM reboots and it
> > starts loading Ubuntu with the splash screen (Ubuntu title with the
> little
> > dots under it).  Next thing I know that disappears and then the Ubuntu
> logo
> > shows up at the bottom of the screen and I can't do anything.
> >
> > I've tried booting to a different kernel.  FSCK didn't find anything
> > wrong.  Tried to boot in to recovery mode and uninstall recent packages,
> > but none of the apt commands work.  Doesn't seem to be able to go out and
> > fetch or update anything.  Can't ping or nslookup, but ifconfig (from
> root
> > prompt) shows the network getting an IP and the DNS is the same as it has
> > been.  Anyone run into this?
> >
> > One other item of note, prior to the Ubuntu Splash screen it says.
> > Recovering Journal
> > /dev/sda1 (the HDD) clean
> > [15.577368] [drm:vmw_host_log] [vmwgfx]] *ERROR* Failed to send log
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Matthew
>
>       I do not remember in ubuntu but in centos during the "tron
> bikes" step of the boot process you can press ESC and it will show the
> boot messages. You can try that.
>
>       Option 2 is during the grub menu screen to edit the boot
> options. Per
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/248/how-can-i-show-or-hide-boot-messages-when-ubuntu-starts
> something like "loglevel=4" or just remove "quiet splash" or any other
> splashing entries should help you see any error message.
>
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