[TriLUG] TriLUG Digest, Vol 3525, Issue 1

[Pete Soper via TriLUG]

Can the boot messages be retrieved from 'disk' after the fact?
-Pete

On 6/7/19 1:39 PM, Matthew Glassman via TriLUG wrote:
> 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.
>
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>>     1. Ubuntu Won't Boot (after update) (Matthew Glassman via TriLUG)
>>     2. Re: Ubuntu Won't Boot (after update) (Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG)
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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>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> 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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