Steve, I believe your are right about a service package causing problems being that downloads were going on regularly before the issue.
I searched for packages and found "Linux console & font utilities" console tools. I'm not certain of the necessity of that program can you instruct me on whether I should remove it or not? Thanks! > Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 00:19:21 +0000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bug 1116630] Re: System hangs at splash screen loading dots > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 06:01:35PM -0000, Maria Gillem wrote: > > > Thank you for your time Steve, please bear with me and define > > "reproducible" for me. > > The question is: if you boot the system without the plymouth splash screen, > can you still recreate this bug at boot time. > > > I booted into Ubuntu off the rescue screen a few days ago, don't > > know if that says anything helpful. > > Ok, so it sounds like the bug is not reproducible. > > > If I can't debug, will it lead to my system crashing and to avoid that, > > what are my options? > > It's unlikely to cause any system crashes once you've finished booting. > Probably there is a buggy optional service package installed on your system > which is waiting on the keyboard and blocking the boot when it shouldn't. > If you have the console-tools or console-common package installed, you might > be seeing bug #881079: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-tools/+bug/881079 > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116630 > > Title: > System hangs at splash screen loading dots > > Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > My system had been up and running without problems until I booted up about > 5 days ago and the splash screen hung there with > the dots continuously loading. After 3 mins, I pressed (any) key which > booted me into my Ubunto 12.04. Three days ago the machine booted into black > screen with boot up selection commands. That day I filed a "me too" bug > report for issue #531650. It looked like individual report would do be > betterso here we go. I am still pressing any key to get the hanging loading > dots in the splash screen to boot into the OS sign-in. > > Ubuntu is the only OS on my Dell OPTIPLEX 760. I'm just a Linux lover with > no programing skills - who can figiure her way around > hard or software enough to get by 89% of the time but I'm good at following > directions when needed. I understand that apport > will collect the needed information. Thanks! > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 > Package: plymouth 0.8.2-2ubuntu31 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-37.58-generic 3.2.35 > Uname: Linux 3.2.0-37-generic x86_64 > NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx > ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 > Architecture: amd64 > Date: Tue Feb 5 15:03:08 2013 > DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth > InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) > MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 760 > MarkForUpload: True > ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic > root=UUID=0e34b8b4-4129-462b-9c90-e861a7bac936 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 > ProcEnviron: > TERM=xterm > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA > ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-37-generic > root=UUID=0e34b8b4-4129-462b-9c90-e861a7bac936 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 > SourcePackage: plymouth > TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-07-17 (202 days ago) > dmi.bios.date: 12/23/2009 > dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.bios.version: A06 > dmi.board.name: 0M858N > dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.board.version: A01 > dmi.chassis.type: 6 > dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. > dmi.modalias: > dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd12/23/2009:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex760:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0M858N:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr: > dmi.product.name: OptiPlex 760 > dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1116630/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1116630 Title: System hangs at splash screen loading dots To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1116630/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
