kwqd
November 1st, 2009, 05:03 PM
I upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 and now boot to a blank screen. I have a Lenovo G550 that was purchased in August. I loaded 9.04 on it then and have not been having any major problems.
When I boot now, the kernel choices in order are:
9.10 kernel 2.6.31-14-generic
9.10 kernel 2.6.31-14-recovery mode
9.10 kernel 2.6.28-16-generic
9.10 kernel 2.6.28-16-recovery mode
memtest86+
The first two choices boot to a blank screen and I am not able to switch to a console using ctl-alt-f3.
The third choice lets me boot to a desktop, but I have no audio and everything is running extremely (extremely) slowly. Updates to the display are very slow. Output of lsmod at end of post.
I do glimpse an error message about something in /etc/fstab not being mountable during boot, but it goes by too fast to really see it. I looked at /etc/fstab and don't see anything that looks wrong and mount -a does not generate any errors.
I ran grep -i error * under /var/log and found the following error"
user.log:Oct 29 18:43:02 kwd-laptop pulseaudio[3221]: module-alsa-sink.c: Error
opening PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy
I have seen some references to pulseaudio problems in posts.
I also puttered through /var/log/messages and nothing screams out at me.
The only driver listed when I check for installed hardware drivers is my Broadcom wireless.
Thought it was time to ask for insights before proceeding. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Output of lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 16776 1
ppdev 15620 0
i915 67844 0
drm 96424 1 i915
joydev 18368 0
snd_hda_intel 435252 0
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
uvcvideo 63368 0
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
compat_ioctl32 9344 1 uvcvideo
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 16896 0
psmouse 61972 0
lp 17156 0
video 25872 0
wl 1279944 0
snd 62756 9 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
videodev 41600 1 uvcvideo
iptable_filter 10752 0
soundcore 15200 1 snd
v4l1_compat 21764 2 uvcvideo,videodev
serio_raw 13444 0
output 11008 1 video
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
ieee80211_crypt 13444 2 ieee80211_crypt_tkip,wl
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
x_tables 23044 1 ip_tables
usbhid 42336 0
tg3 131204 0
intel_agp 34108 1
agpgart 42696 3 drm,intel_agp
When I boot now, the kernel choices in order are:
9.10 kernel 2.6.31-14-generic
9.10 kernel 2.6.31-14-recovery mode
9.10 kernel 2.6.28-16-generic
9.10 kernel 2.6.28-16-recovery mode
memtest86+
The first two choices boot to a blank screen and I am not able to switch to a console using ctl-alt-f3.
The third choice lets me boot to a desktop, but I have no audio and everything is running extremely (extremely) slowly. Updates to the display are very slow. Output of lsmod at end of post.
I do glimpse an error message about something in /etc/fstab not being mountable during boot, but it goes by too fast to really see it. I looked at /etc/fstab and don't see anything that looks wrong and mount -a does not generate any errors.
I ran grep -i error * under /var/log and found the following error"
user.log:Oct 29 18:43:02 kwd-laptop pulseaudio[3221]: module-alsa-sink.c: Error
opening PCM device front:0: Device or resource busy
I have seen some references to pulseaudio problems in posts.
I also puttered through /var/log/messages and nothing screams out at me.
The only driver listed when I check for installed hardware drivers is my Broadcom wireless.
Thought it was time to ask for insights before proceeding. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Output of lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 16776 1
ppdev 15620 0
i915 67844 0
drm 96424 1 i915
joydev 18368 0
snd_hda_intel 435252 0
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83076 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_mid i_event
uvcvideo 63368 0
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
compat_ioctl32 9344 1 uvcvideo
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi ,snd_seq
ieee80211_crypt_tkip 16896 0
psmouse 61972 0
lp 17156 0
video 25872 0
wl 1279944 0
snd 62756 9 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,sn d_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_de vice
videodev 41600 1 uvcvideo
iptable_filter 10752 0
soundcore 15200 1 snd
v4l1_compat 21764 2 uvcvideo,videodev
serio_raw 13444 0
output 11008 1 video
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
ip_tables 19600 1 iptable_filter
ieee80211_crypt 13444 2 ieee80211_crypt_tkip,wl
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
x_tables 23044 1 ip_tables
usbhid 42336 0
tg3 131204 0
intel_agp 34108 1
agpgart 42696 3 drm,intel_agp