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After upgrading to kernel linux 2.6.24.17 can't start administrative tasks

Asked by Paulo M.

Hello!
Please, I need some help... since I've made today's updates - one of them kernel linux 2.6.24.17 - in my grub dual boot appears (beside Windows XP Pro, of course) two different ubuntu OS - the old 2.6.24.16 and the new one 2.6.24.17 (and the recovery modes of each one, too).
But the worst of this is that in the new kernel I'm not able to start any administrative process (synaptic, update manager or anyone else...) and lost all my configuration settings as nvidia settings (witch driver I can't enable because that issue concerning administrative processes), compiz, and so on...
When I try to start any of those applications, appears in the lower panel an indication of a window "starting administrative..." for a while and then it's gone again and nothing happens...
Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this?

Thanks in advance!

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Gabriel Čenkei (gabox) said : 		#1

Same problem here. After kernel update the Virtual Box was unable to start. Of course. Then I try to boot up with old kernel 2.6.24.16. And then it happend. 1. Nvidia driver stop working. 2. xorg.conf lost, deleted... i dont know. Completly unusable desktop.

Partially I've got my system back with boot up in recovery mode and tryed to reconfigure my xserver. After it got a good screen resolution. Then I've switched on the nvidia driver and after restart all went back to normal. Except the Virtual Box.

Oh yeah. :( Still do not understand what happend. But this update breaks my workflow and I am very unhappy it happend anyway.

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Gabriel Čenkei (gabox) said : 		#2

OK. removing /etc/vbox/vbox.cfg fixed the problem with Virtual Box and I am finally back in normal. I must say it was a nightmare. I hope ther will be kernel update not too often.

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Paulo M. (pauloagmartins) said : 		#3

Well....
I've no such luck.... I've got no vbox folder in /etc. The sema way I have no vbox in my file system....
Worst of all, my old kernel OS (2.6.24.16) don't show anymore at startup - I've only got 2.6.24.17 now, and still can't use administrative applications.
At least, my nvidia driver is running again.
Please, any help?

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Paulo M. (pauloagmartins) said : 		#4

Hello again.
I got some news, but don't know if are they helpless...
I could run synaptic and update manager in terminal, but there were two strange messages in terminal:
"sudo: unable to resolve host Speeduntu" (Speeduntu is my pc name) and "current dist not found in meta-release file".
Besides, when I try to start synaptic or update manager in System>

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Paulo M. (pauloagmartins) said : 		#5

Hello again.
I got some news, but don't know if are they helpless...
I could run synaptic and update manager in terminal, but there were two strange messages in terminal:
"sudo: unable to resolve host Speeduntu" (Speeduntu is my pc name) and "current dist not found in meta-release file".
Besides, when I try to start synaptic or update manager in System>Administration menu, in system monitor starts a sleeping gksu process...
As I told before, don't know if this is helpful... but I really need some help!

Thanks in advance one more time and, please, forgive me for the earlier comment... hit "enter" out of time...!

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

Please take a look at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+faq/93

Hope this helps

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Paulo M. (pauloagmartins) said : 		#7

Thanks....
Very much, really - that solved my problem........ I really don't know how, but my hosts file was changed...
Edited like told in that thread, it became fine...
I think all my problems are solved for now.
Thanks again!

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Paulo M. (pauloagmartins) said : 		#8

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.