On Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:03:40 -0400 Bob Trevithick <bob.trevith...@gmail.com> wrote:
> b...@lub32:~$ uname -a > Linux lub32 2.6.35-2-generic #3-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 10 03:23:25 UTC > 2010 i686 GNU/Linux > > This is the kernel which still boots for me. 35-3 and 35-4 have been > installed, but they hang with the all to familiar "Failed due to > unknown userid (0)" which I gather is still being investigated. > I take it you are using 10.10 > I'm a bit puzzled, because I asked one other person and they hadn't > been offered any kernel later than 2.6.32-22-generic. > These are the kernels for 10.04 > I'm wondering if anyone else is having problems, and if they've found > any work-around? > > It's perhaps worth noting that, simultaneous with installing the > alpha-1 of Lubuntu, I installed the alpha-1 of Ubuntu on the same > computer. Ubuntu is not displaying this particular problem. > > When I turn off quiet and splash from the Grub boot command, I can see > that a few other commands get executed before the actual freeze: > > After the GLib-WARNING line about the unknown userid, I see these lines: > > Starting AppArmor profiles [ok] > Starting NTP Server ntpd [ok] > Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ok] > > This is where the hang then occurs. No key combination except > Ctrl-Alt-Del is recognized. Once Ctrl-Alt-Del is hit, I see some > other text fly by too fast to read, and then it reboots and I'm back > to the BIOS. > > It's worth noting, perhaps, that even with the kernel which still > boots, I still see the GLib-WARNING line, but things manage to > continue past there to the normal lxdm login prompt. > > If this isn't already known and being studied, then please advise as > to any information you would like from my system. It's just a > garden-variety old AMD 3800+ with 4G of really slow DDR400 memory, and > an nvidia GT7300 graphics card running the nvidia-current driver. > I believe there were some problems with the kernel and AND CPUs. You may have to remove/purge the offending kernels and reinstall. > I'm not running the proposed repository. > > Thanks for any help or ideas. > > Regards, > Bob > > There is one other, relatively minor, problem that they do both share. > Today's first batch of updates removed the VLC media player from > both. I installed it again, with no seeming ill effects. It didn't > ask to uninstall anything else to allow VLC back into the game. > -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp