[LUNI] Kubuntu won't boot after kernel update

[Mike Scott]

Thanks.  I was booted from the Edgy live CD, so I just mounted the
partition and edited the menu.lst file to remove all of the 'quiet' and
'splash' references (I really hate flash over substance) and also
commented out 
the 'hiddenmenu' command so I could see the choices without pressing
ESC.

Long story short, I booted the new kernel and didn't notice any errors,
but stranger still, the system now boots!  I'm booting the new kernel
(2.6.20-16) and everything appears to work.  Not sure why.  Whoever
said computers were logical, never had to work with one!

- Mike Scott


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [LUNI] Kubuntu won't boot after kernel update
> From: Scott Lockwood <scott at cashnetusa.com>
> Date: Mon, May 28, 2007 11:41 am
> To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion
> <luni at luni.org>
> 
> On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 09:25 -0700, Mike Scott wrote:
> > 
> > BusyBox doesn't have squat for functions and I can't even run dmesg. 
> > Since (K)ubuntu linux is one of those distros that believes in
> > presenting a pretty face rather than giving me any useful info, I
> > don't
> > get to see anything during boot except their logo.  I have to figure
> > out
> > how to make it display boot messages. 
> 
> Hit Esc. when grub prompts you do. Find the kernel you're using, and
> edit it's command line. Remove 'quiet' and 'splash' and you will see all
> the normal dmesg output.
> 
> Or, boot to the previous kernel, and uninstall the broken one.
> 
> -- 
> W. Scott Lockwood III 
> Systems Administrator
> Cashnetusa.com
> 
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