This rescue mode is a permanent PITA for me. I've been trying to do lowlevel disk recovery only to have something signal to the systemd to go multiuser. Alternative keystrokes are sent to 1. the recovery root level shell 2. the systemd menu.
I've worked around this when needed by booting an Ubuntu CD or live USB and trying to work from there -- but this shouldn't be necessary. I like the recovery menu and it was easy to work an end-user through recovery with it when it works. It's worse than non-helpful in the current stage. I could live with being in a standalone shell without the menu if that would let me fix the system. We need a way to block systemd from changing run levels without a direct command to do so... or a complete exit of the recovery shell. It definitely gets some signal that wakes it up and at times screws up recovery to the point of needing a reload. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1609475 Title: Recovery mode won't allow recovery after manually installing the OS incorrectly Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: If one manually installs Ubuntu but doesn't install a boot partition, the recovery mode doesn't work. The expectation (perhaps naively) is that the recovery mode is bootable and allows one to fix the situation. --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version k4.4.0-31-generic. AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/by-path', '/dev/snd/hwC0D2', '/dev/snd/hwC0D0', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D3p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D1p', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c', '/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p', '/dev/snd/controlC0', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: Card0.Amixer.info: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.values: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8c695f64-12a0-4748-a431-7ab97a1e9042 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-04 (33 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2a Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0610 Genesys Logic, Inc. 4-port hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-31-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=a91f753b-69af-4125-a03d-0dcb63d55d38 ro net.ifnames=0 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-31-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-31-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.157.2 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Tags: xenial Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 05/03/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: Intel Corp. dmi.bios.version: PYBSWCEL.86A.0054.2016.0503.1546 dmi.board.name: NUC5CPYB dmi.board.vendor: Intel Corporation dmi.board.version: H61145-407 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnIntelCorp.:bvrPYBSWCEL.86A.0054.2016.0503.1546:bd05/03/2016:svn:pn:pvr:rvnIntelCorporation:rnNUC5CPYB:rvrH61145-407:cvn:ct3:cvr: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1609475/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
