Re: [PLUG] Another update/upgrade, another problem
Maybe try this? I’d actually try to read the contents of /var/crash before deleting it, but it seems like if there’s an issue, it’ll write there again anyways, and it might just be complaining about something in the past https://itsfoss.com/how-to-fix-system-program-problem-detected-ubuntu/ On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:36 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 1/29/20 5:15 PM, Nat Taylor wrote: > > by /dev/sdX > > I mean, /dev/sda or whatever device your main hard drive is, you could > find > > out by typing > > df > > first, and see which drive your / is on. > > and use that for sdX > > ~# df > <...> > /def/sda5 > <...> > > ~# (grub-install /dev/sda5 )* > bash: sybntax error near unexpected token `*' > ~# (grub-install /dev/sda5)* > bash: sybntax error near unexpected token `*' > ~# (grub-install /dev/sda5) > Installing for i386-pc platform. > grub-install: warning: File system`exxt2' doesn't support embedding. > grub-install: Warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be > installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are > UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. > grub-install: error: willnot proceed with blocklists. > ~# (grub-install /dev/sda) > Installing for i386-pc platform. > Installation finished. No error reported. > ~# reboot > > Booted normally. > > Thanks for the recommendation. > > I still get the "System program problem detected" but the machine > appears to run like it used to. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Another update/upgrade, another problem
On 1/29/20 5:15 PM, Nat Taylor wrote: by /dev/sdX I mean, /dev/sda or whatever device your main hard drive is, you could find out by typing df first, and see which drive your / is on. and use that for sdX ~# df <...> /def/sda5 <...> ~# (grub-install /dev/sda5 )* bash: sybntax error near unexpected token `*' ~# (grub-install /dev/sda5)* bash: sybntax error near unexpected token `*' ~# (grub-install /dev/sda5) Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: warning: File system`exxt2' doesn't support embedding. grub-install: Warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. grub-install: error: willnot proceed with blocklists. ~# (grub-install /dev/sda) Installing for i386-pc platform. Installation finished. No error reported. ~# reboot Booted normally. Thanks for the recommendation. I still get the "System program problem detected" but the machine appears to run like it used to. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Another update/upgrade, another problem
by /dev/sdX I mean, /dev/sda or whatever device your main hard drive is, you could find out by typing df first, and see which drive your / is on. and use that for sdX On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 1:05 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 1/29/20 11:16 AM, Nat Taylor wrote: > > Have you tried, after booting into recovery mode, > > sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade > > reboot, if that doesn't work, > > Those did not work. > > > boot into recovery mode and reinstall grub? > > (grub-install /dev/sd*X )* > > (grup-install /dev/sd*X )* > > returns > > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `*' > > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Another update/upgrade, another problem
On 1/29/20 11:16 AM, Nat Taylor wrote: Have you tried, after booting into recovery mode, sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade reboot, if that doesn't work, Those did not work. boot into recovery mode and reinstall grub? (grub-install /dev/sd*X )* (grup-install /dev/sd*X )* returns bash: syntax error near unexpected token `*' -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Another update/upgrade, another problem
Have you tried, after booting into recovery mode, sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade reboot, if that doesn't work, boot into recovery mode and reinstall grub? (grub-install /dev/sd*X )* On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 11:01 AM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 1/29/20 10:06 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: > > My laptop, Lenovo X200 Tablet, has Xubuntu 18.04 installed. Yesterday > > there was an update (upgrade?) which I allowed to run. When finished > > it required a reboot. Upon rebooting, after the GRUB screen that > > allows me to choose which version to boot, I see some disk activity, > > but nothing else. Grub tells me I'm trying to boot Ubuntu, with Linux > > 5.3.0-28-generic. I can boot into recovery mode. I fussed around > > there, ran some update it wanted, and continued on to resume booting. > > I was warned about something not being a normal boot, and if things > > weren't right I should just do a normal reboot. (Words to that > > effect.) I did a normal reboot, but the original problem remains. > > > > I tried having GRUB boot the previous kernel(?), Linux > > 5.3.0-26-generic, and have the same problem, a blank screen, a bunch > > of disk activity, and then nothing. Pushing the power button to force > > a shutdown works, and I briefly seen the Xubuntu splash screen before > > power down. > > There are two other GRUB options after 5.3.0-26. 5.0.0-37 boots > normally. 4.18.0-25 also boots normally. They both have the "System > program problem detected" box after things settle down. > > I don't know if that sheds any light on the subject. > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Another update/upgrade, another problem
On 1/29/20 10:06 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: My laptop, Lenovo X200 Tablet, has Xubuntu 18.04 installed. Yesterday there was an update (upgrade?) which I allowed to run. When finished it required a reboot. Upon rebooting, after the GRUB screen that allows me to choose which version to boot, I see some disk activity, but nothing else. Grub tells me I'm trying to boot Ubuntu, with Linux 5.3.0-28-generic. I can boot into recovery mode. I fussed around there, ran some update it wanted, and continued on to resume booting. I was warned about something not being a normal boot, and if things weren't right I should just do a normal reboot. (Words to that effect.) I did a normal reboot, but the original problem remains. I tried having GRUB boot the previous kernel(?), Linux 5.3.0-26-generic, and have the same problem, a blank screen, a bunch of disk activity, and then nothing. Pushing the power button to force a shutdown works, and I briefly seen the Xubuntu splash screen before power down. There are two other GRUB options after 5.3.0-26. 5.0.0-37 boots normally. 4.18.0-25 also boots normally. They both have the "System program problem detected" box after things settle down. I don't know if that sheds any light on the subject. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
