Public bug reported: I have already indicated that when enabling the ATI proprietory driver, I cannot boot into Ubuntu Karmic. The bug number is 445191. I tried again today with the release candidate, and it seems that enabling this driver actually corrupts fstab. I tried chrooting into the system with a live cd and replacing the corrupted fstab with the original that I had saved, but the result is the same. Here is what is in the corrupted fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier # for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name # devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # / was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=16c98f5d-da47-41ec-b75b-b4dd831ce986 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation UUID=8345b988-af02-4936-b104-3ac362302c54 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 Here is the fstab file after enabling the ati driver : aufs / aufs rw 0 0 tmpfs /tmp tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 /dev/sda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Oct 25 10:25:31 2009 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release Candidate amd64 (20091020.3) MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A300D Package: jockey-gtk 0.5.5-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic SourcePackage: jockey Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64 dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp. dmi.bios.version: 1.80 dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Portable PC dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.board.version: Base Board Version dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: AMD dmi.chassis.version: None dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvr1.80:bd12/26/2008:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA300D:pvrPSAHCE-01W00LFR:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrBaseBoardVersion:cvnAMD:ct10:cvrNone: dmi.product.name: Satellite A300D dmi.product.version: PSAHCE-01W00LFR dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA ** Affects: jockey (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug -- Critical bug in restricted drivers - enabling ati restricted drivers corrupts fstab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460321 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs