Can't boot up

[grantmcduling]

Hi team.

I am faced with an unusual problem. When I turn on the power of my tower, I get the normal booting up screen, then I get this: Analogue out of range 92.3 Khz - 58 KHz.

I can't get past this screen. Any ideas how I can boot up my system? I am using Ubuntu 11.04. Never had problems booting up until now.

[garvinrick4]

Does a Live CD (your install Cd for Ubuntu using Try Ubuntu) boot up?

[grantmcduling]

No, not really. When I load the install disc (which in my case was for v 10.10) I get two options: install the software or try it out. I tried it but can't access my 'real' data in my computer with it, just the trial stuff. I guess if I reload the v 10.10, I'll loose my data. Correct?

[garvinrick4]

No, not really. When I load the install disc (which in my case was for v 10.10) I get two options: install the software or try it out. I tried it but can't access my 'real' data in my computer with it, just the trial stuff. I guess if I reload the v 10.10, I'll loose my data. Correct?

Does it boot up? Run this and tell me what it says:
sudo fdisk -l (lower case L)

[grantmcduling]

I ran the script and this is what it said:

grant@grant-GQ565AA-ABG-SR5220AN:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for grant:

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0007e18e

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4661 37431296 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 4661 4866 1648641 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 4661 4866 1648640 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdf: 4009 MB, 4009754624 bytes
124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1018 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 7688 * 512 = 3936256 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000dd35c

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdf1 1 960 3685376 b W95 FAT32
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(0, 32, 33) logical=(0, 33, 3)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(458, 238, 36) logical=(959, 0, 8)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdf2 960 1019 227329 5 Extended
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(459, 16, 4) logical=(959, 33, 9)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(487, 92, 53) logical=(1018, 50, 20)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdf5 960 1019 227328 82 Linux swap / Solaris
grant@grant-GQ565AA-ABG-SR5220AN:~$

[Hedgehog1]

The 'Analogue out of range 92.3 Khz - 58 KH' is from the monitor. It is getting a scan rate too high/low for it to display.

The Hedge

[garvinrick4]

Are you fixed?

[wildmanne39]

Hi team.

I am faced with an unusual problem. When I turn on the power of my tower, I get the normal booting up screen, then I get this: Analogue out of range 92.3 Khz - 58 KHz.

I can't get past this screen. Any ideas how I can boot up my system? I am using Ubuntu 11.04. Never had problems booting up until now.

Hi, I have the same problem, but when mine is going into boot I hit enter and it boots,but I have not been able to fix it, I was hoping it would be fixed when natty was released,it only started with the natty beta. I set the hertz right in nvidia settings but in display settings I can not change it I believe it is because natty is reporting incorrectly.

[grantmcduling]

I can get my system up and running by hitting enter a few times one after the other. I looked closer at the analogue out of range message (thanks hedgehog 1) and discovered that my LG Flatron Wide monitor needs drivers. I have the drivers disc but it's only for Windows. Any idea if this is the problem? If so where can I get a suitable driver? I have looked on LG's web site and done a google search but found nothing.

[Hedgehog1]

I can get my system up and running by hitting enter a few times one after the other. I looked closer at the analogue out of range message (thanks hedgehog 1) and discovered that my LG Flatron Wide monitor needs drivers. I have the drivers disc but it's only for Windows. Any idea if this is the problem? If so where can I get a suitable driver? I have looked on LG's web site and done a google search but found nothing.

What you are seeing is the scan rate of grub (grub has been updated for Natty).

You can fix it by doing this from you running Ubuntu (after you hit enter a few times):

gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

and change this line:

#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

to this:

GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

Then save and exit the document.


Then do:

sudo update-grub

The Hedge