[TriLUG] TriLUG Digest, Vol 3525, Issue 1

[Matthew Glassman via TriLUG]

Seems like changing the Virtualbox Display driver fixed the issue for now
but I'm not really sure how why it would have been altered to begin with.

On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 1:39 PM Matthew Glassman <matthewglassman78 at gmail.com>
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.
>
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 12:00 PM via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> Send TriLUG mailing list submissions to
>>         trilug at trilug.org
>>
>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
>>         https://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
>>         trilug-request at trilug.org
>>
>> You can reach the person managing the list at
>>         trilug-owner at trilug.org
>>
>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
>> than "Re: Contents of TriLUG digest..."
>> Today's Topics:
>>
>>    1. Ubuntu Won't Boot (after update) (Matthew Glassman via TriLUG)
>>    2. Re: Ubuntu Won't Boot (after update) (Mauricio Tavares via TriLUG)
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Matthew Glassman via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
>> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> > --
>> > This message was sent to: raubvogel at gmail.com <raubvogel at gmail.com>
>> > To unsubscribe, send a blank message to trilug-leave at trilug.org from
>> that address.
>> > TriLUG mailing list : https://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
>> > Unsubscribe or edit options on the web  :
>> https://www.trilug.org/mailman/options/trilug/raubvogel%40gmail.com
>> > Welcome to TriLUG: https://trilug.org/welcome
>>
>> --
>> TriLUG mailing list
>> TriLUG at trilug.org
>> https://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
>> TriLUG Organizational FAQ  : --
>> TriLUG mailing list        :
>> https://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
>> TriLUG FAQ  : https://www.trilug.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions
>> TriLUG Member Services FAQ :
>> https://trilug.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#TriLUG_Services
>
>