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Can't boot after upgrade to 20.04 LTS
I followed the procedure that Dell, Ubuntu team, and this posting suggest:
Ubuntu 20.04 black screen after installing, no booting
One problem, though. Many of these call for changing a settings file -...
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The selected boot device failed Windows 10
I am trying to install Ubuntu on my Windows 10. I was following these steps. My computer uses UEFI as BIOS mode as described here. I have downloaded ISO image and created a live USB of Ubuntu. I have ...
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Slow Boot after installing Ubuntu 20.04
After installing fresh LTS release of Ubuntu 20.04 with USB bootable stick, I'm facing slow boot of my laptop compared to old LTS version i.e. Ubuntu 14.04. What can be done to improve boot speed of ...
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SMBus Host controller not enabled
I'm using vmware to use my ubuntu
I get SMBus Host controller not enabled
After searching for answers found that I should choose Advanced options for Ubuntu(Recovery mode)
but it even in recovery mode,...
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Kernel does not support 64 bit cpu [closed]
I installed old Ubuntu version 14.04 LTS (i386) alongside Windows 10 and I get the following error message:
error: kernel does not support 64 bit cpu
error: you need to load the kernel first
press ...
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Unable to start Windows after Ubuntu installation
I have Windows 10 installed for a while, and for programming reasons I decided to install Ubuntu (Dual Boot) in the same SSD and Ubuntu works fine, but the problem is that I can't boot into windows ...
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How to delete Ubuntu from my Laptop completely? (no Windows) [duplicate]
I recently deleted Windows from my Laptop and installed Ubuntu to use it as a main operating system (no other operating system beside Ubuntu installed). So I want to delete Ubuntu now. I want no ...
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Unable to boot ubuntu 19.10 in dual boot with windows 8.1
I had a dual boot with Windows 8 and Ubuntu 19.10 with 90 GB of space. It was working perfectly fine. Then I upgraded to Windows 8.1 and I accidentally merged a 3.69 GB unallocated partition with a ...
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Unable to login to Ubuntu after creating partition for windows
I've recently created a partition from Windows Disk Management Utility for Windows as 'New Volume (:F)' which was in 'Disk 0' but when I rebooted the system back I was unable to login to Ubuntu and ...
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ailed to boot after interrupted upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04
Today morning, I started an upgrade for my system (AcerTravelmate 4740) from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, on-line. All the packets downloaded and it started the upgrade. All of a sudden system went power-...
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Can't Install Ubuntu in Asus K42F
I had problem in Ubuntu Install process, after select option "Install" in grub menu laptop doesn't give response (blank), I have tried to replace "quiet splash" with "nomodeset" laptop still doesn't ...
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ubuntu boot drops to initramfs and keyboard not working
My system boots into initramfs and while try to type my keyboard is frozen in initramfs and its not working.While i tried another time same error occur keyboard not working.
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Cannot log in to Ubuntu after upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04
I am using a dual boot on a Dell laptop with both Windows and Ubuntu installed, I recently upgraded from 14.04 to 16.04 and it seemed fine. I was asked to restart the system after the update. However, ...
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Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported for first word, TAB lisits possible command completions
I am currently new to Ubuntu and facing this problem, tried the grub method and the live boot usb method with bood repair it shows me:
your boot has been successfully repaired but still I get out of ...
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Windows has killed my Ubuntu partition
I have two physical HDD on my laptop. One with windows, second with with Ubuntu system. I was happy by setting bios parameters in order to boot from one or another HDD. One day I decided to look at ...
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How to make ubuntu 18.04 default boot in grub, instead of 14.04 [duplicate]
I installed 18.04 after 14.04. The default grub entry was 18.04 and 14.04 was displayed below.
After a 14.04 update, things changed.
Instead of booting into 18.04 advanced options and choose the ...
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Unable to boot Ubuntu 14.04 after upgrading
I successfully upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 with sudo do-release-upgrade, and after that with lsb_release -a I received this message:
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
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Kernel panic not syncing : System is deadlocked on memory
I updated my Ubuntu 14.04 kernel to 4.19, however,when I reboot there's a error: Kernel panic - not syncing: System is deadlocked on memory.
It remains there, and I don't know what to do.
I have made ...
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non system disk or disk error when installing Lubuntu on an old HP laptop [closed]
I have an old HP laptop that I wanted to put Lubuntu on (It had Win 7 on previously). I booted from my USB, installed Lubuntu but when I tried booting from laptops hard drive I got:
non system disk ...
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Ubuntu is getting stuck at pruple boot screen
My Ubuntu was working all fine but suddenly it got shutdown and now it is not getting past the purple boot screen. I tried using the recovery mode but i get presented with some error logs. What could ...
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Ubuntu on Virtual Machine is not booting
I just set up a new virtual machine. The host machine is running on Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS. I installed 18.04 on the guest machine. I'm using virtual-box 4.3.36. The first time booting the guest machine ...
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System won't boot after do-release-upgrade from Server 12.04 to 14.04
I just inherited a Hyper-V VM that's stuck on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I'm trying to get it up to the current version, bit by bit. I ran a do-release-upgrade but now it won't start up.
Here's some output ...
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How to recover data in ubuntu after changing operating system from windows 8 to ubuntu? [duplicate]
I changed my operating system from windows 8 to UBUNTU by using a usb stick but in the process i lost all of my data. is there any way to recover it? Please help me the data was very important.
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Boot Stuck After Update to 18.04 from 14.04
I recently tried to upgrade a machine from Ubuntu 14 to 18 via dist-upgrade. The update appeared to proceed without problems. However, after rebooting and choosing 'ubuntu' from grub the splash screen ...
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Attempted to kill init! Ubuntu 14.04
version: 14.04
windows: win10
I forced VirtualBox off this morning, it keeps showing this image:
Then, I tried repairing and reinstalling Ubuntu.
Now, I can't boot up it as that "Attempted to kill ...
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"Couldn't find support for device", cannot log in or access network after removing python2.7 [duplicate]
I accidentally removed python2.7 so most of things disappeared like all bars and I couldn't use terminal.
After searching to try to solve it like install ubuntu-desktop then after restarting the ...
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Clean install 18.04 on top of existing 14.04 in double boot Win 7 + Ubuntu 14.04LTS + Grub
My system is a dual boot Win 7 / Ubuntu 14.04LTS / Grub.
My objective is to have a fresh install 18.04 on top of the existing 14.04, given there is the other OS.
I found several sources, but mostly ...
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How to use kexec reboot to new kernel from diskless thinclient
I've a diskless workstation which boot #ubuntu on LAN.
However, the version 14.04 on tftp server is becoming outdated.
I am seeking for a solution that I should able to "reboot" the diskless ...
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Ubuntu won't boot after changing mounts [duplicate]
So I was trying to mount a drive on boot. I was editing /etc/fstab and then I rebooted to see if my drive would mount on boot. Now I can't do anything. The prompt I see
Give root password for ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 does not start since I stopped BleachBit process
My Ubuntu 14.04 does not start. The logo appears but it proceeds no further.
When I choose Advanced Options for Ubuntu in the GRUB menu, I reach this menu:
What should I do?
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Problem with 14.04 on Mid-2011 Macbook Pro 17
I am trying to install Trusty on a 2011 Macbook Pro 17 with a broken Nvidia card. I have booted it successfully and installed the OS from a USB stick using nomodeset, but now I cannot get the ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 won't load after update. Mounting /dev or /sys or /proc on /root/dev failed. No such file or directory
I installed an update about a month ago and could not boot Ubuntu since then. Here is the GRUB menu where I can choose booting options.
And then the process stops and I see the following messages
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Why do 14.04 updates of Linux 3.13.0.151 and 3.13.0.153 not boot
14.04 updates of Linux 3.13.0.151 and 3.13.0.153 just return to grub menu.
Selecting Linux 3.13.0.150 correctly boots.
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Boot fails with "Loading initial ramdisk ..."
I urgently need help with this here!
4 years old server.
Ubuntu 14.04 server i686.
Linux 3.13.0-149-generic was the last version to run flawlessly.
10 days ago, I upgraded to 3.13.0.151.
Server ...
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Internal Hard Drive not detected while installing Ubuntu 14.04
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 on a Dell Inspiron 3420 laptop. The problem is my 500GB hard drive is not detected during installation. I also tried gparted and the Disks application, but the ...
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I am not able to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Kernal Panic error
Hi I have one laptop HP Folio 9470m, HDD 500 GB, RAM 4 GB, Processor i5. I am trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from my Pen Drive bootabled it with Rufus but at the time of booting screen is getting ...
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How to make Retroarch start on Ubuntu server 14.04 boot
I have these old AMD based systems that I want to make them into retro gaming consoles. One option was Lakka, but it doesn't work on AMD systems.
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 server (I think it uses less ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 boots slowly
after installing Ubuntu 18.04 with minimal installation,
I noticed that it boots slowly
here is the output of systemd-analyze blame.
21.048s systemd-journal-flush.service
19.300s dev-sda7....
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How to remove Ubuntu and Install CentOS [closed]
currently the PC is Ubuntu OS, I want to remove it and install with CentOS into the PC. How should I do that?
Already have the CD with the CentOS image ready.
Thanks
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Can't power on if once after battery drains the last drop
It has happened three times.
I put my computer here and go to sleep. When I get up, the battery drains the last drop. So I connect the power cord. And restart computer, but the screen just turns full ...
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Installed Ubuntu 14.04 on Mac 2013 laptop, but stuck at flashing folder and cannot use it [duplicate]
I have a Macbook Pro laptop, Late 2013 edition, etc. I wish to wipe out OS X and put Ubuntu 14.04 on it, since I need 14.04 for my work.
So, I put Ubuntu 14.04 into an empty USB stick following the ...
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Unable to login Ubuntu 14.04
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS. Laptop was working normally, I did a restart and since then I cannot login. I get to the login screen, enter password, and then this message appears for a second and ...
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Cannot locate windows files, in ubuntu 14.0 LTS USB LIVE
I was fixing XAMPP open source software with administrative privileges on windows 10 but I ended up locking myself out of my administrative account, and I cannot login because it says ''Password ...
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Unable to boot from a Ubuntu Live USB
I am using Lenovo Idepad 110 AMD Laptop.
I have Windows 10 installed in my laptop.
I want to install Ubuntu 14.04 over Windows.
I did download the ISO file http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ 64 bit ...
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Profiling start time for Ubuntu 14.04
I want to know how much time is taken by Ubuntu 14.04 when we start it. So for this I have added the below line in rc.local
awk '{print int($1/3600)":"int(($1%3600)/60)":"($1%60)}' /proc/uptime > /...
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Getting a black screen with large X shaped cursor
I am using Ubuntu 14.04. I was trying to start mining. Following a YouTube video blindly, I ran a command which was
sudo systemctl restart lightdm.service
That gave me a black screen with a large X ...
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Macbook does not recognise bootable usb disk carrying 'Lubuntu 14.04.1 desktop amd64-mac.iso'
i want to install lubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64+mac
on a macbook 3.1 that currently has ubuntu 17.04.
i created a bootable usb (sandisk 16GB) using start up disk creator on a dell inspiron that runs ...
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No boot after update, no access to BIOS [duplicate]
First of all, happy new year to all.
I seem to have a major issue with the updates of Ubuntu 14.04 installed today (10 Jan 2018). It worked flawlessly before restart, but now nothing happens.
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How disable boot splash screen on Dell XPS 13 Ubuntu 14.04?
Since my Dell XPS 13 failed to boot a few times lately i think some hardware begins to fail. So i would like to see all boot messages.
I already removed quiet and splash from /etc/default/grub which ...
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Changing ubuntu logo when load booting
I'm under Ubuntu 14.04 and I tried to change Ubuntu logo
Original logo
I replaced the ubuntu_logo.png with another custom .png file in
/lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo
but when it restarted, it ...
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