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9.10 :: Applied latest upgrade after 9:10 install - now system won't boot

Asked by Ross Cameron

Hi

Upgraded to 9.10 from 9.04. Then applied the latest update and disaster!

The update process did say it was a partial update.

Re-booted the system and it goes to the login screen (non X - tty01) and just flickers. Can't actually login because something else is consuming some of the keystrokes.

Thank you for the help in advance.

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Ross Cameron (rosco-cameron) said : 		#1

Problem solved with a bit of research:

It was an nVidia driver problem caused by the software sources not being up to date.

Solution to fixing the nVidia driver issue can be found here: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-nvidia-graphics-drivers-190-42-in-ubuntu-karmicjauntyintrepidhardy.html#more-2454

But, first, you'll need to login and the main issue might be that you can't even login.

I solved that by ssh'ing in from another system and stopping 'gdm' (stop gdm) as described in: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1305459

Hope that helps others.

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AmateurDev (guitrguy595) said : 		#2

This is helpful, but when I try to download those drivers, it can't find the package. It's on my brother's computer and here's what it says:
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia/ppa/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found

That seems to be the only problem. Do you know how to fix this? I don't really know much about computers.

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AmateurDev (guitrguy595) said : 		#3

This is helpful, but when I try to download those drivers, it can't find the package. It's on my brother's computer and here's what it says:
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia/ppa/ubuntu/dists/karmic/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz 404 Not Found

That seems to be the only problem. Do you know how to fix this? I don't really know much about computers.

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AmateurDev (guitrguy595) said : 		#4

The:
http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia/ppa/...
should be:
http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/...
Can I change this?

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dishantbt05 (dishantbt05) said : 		#5

I am also facing the same problem to not able to boot up the ubuntu.
I am getting bellow error, I do have nvidia and may be this is due to it:-
"GNU GRUB version 1.97 beta 4
[Minimal BASH - like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB list possible device/file completions.]
Sh:grub>-"
What should i do to boot ubuntu ?
I am a beginner, guide me in detail.

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Gregory (chisangagm) said : 		#6

Hello
I have a acer aoa150 netbook and was working very fne with 9.04 but niw system cannot boot with 9.10. Error is Unkonwn Bios or unsupported system. This has made even my WIN XP partition not to boot. Please any Ideal before ff.

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Greg (gregco1) said : 		#7

New Ubuntu user, please advise...

Screen flickering on boot and asking to enter
compeng:
password:

But because of flickering its not allowing entry correctly and not sure what I should enter. Does anyone have a fix for this upgrade. Thank you.

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charlie (wiredoc) said : 		#8

I did install twice ubuntu 9.10 the first one I try to change resolution and get the wrong one (invalid format) unfortunately was after that, unable to reverse,then I install the second time having dual boot with Win Vista and this time is working only if do choice the one is working (second install) How I can remove in the boot screen the first ubuntu install (the one which is not working) if is it possible ?

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Myron Hawryluk (mhconst) said : 		#9

Installed Ubunta 9.10. After reboot a black screen is blinking: "Ubuntu Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" I then hit Enter, and I get this message: "error: no such device: 58cf44b7-7fad-4aebf-b5df-5791bd6564ca press any key to continue" I press any key and then the same "Ubuntu Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" screen appears again. What do I do next??