Freeze on boot - HP Pavilion dv6 - 2020sa

[Shakey88]

Hey guys,

Sorry im a complete newbie to Linux based OS's, im a windows lad born and bred... However i've decided to kick the nasty habbit that is windows...

I've just installed Ubuntu 10.04 onto my HP Pavilion dv6-2020sa...
Its a full install no partitions (i jumped straight into the deep end)

However when i start her up, she gets to the loading screen of Ubuntu and the Welcome sound, blurts out of my speakers, but then repeats and repeats before stopping... the system then freezes, keyboard and mouse stop responding...

Running from the Live CD works fine...

please help me :D

I was reading through the forum and understand i need to get the boot info script, so here she is...


Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #1 for /boot/grub.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: Unknown
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 * 2,048 608,534,527 608,532,480 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 608,536,574 625,141,759 16,605,186 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 608,536,576 625,141,759 16,605,184 82 Linux swap / Solaris


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/loop0 squashfs
/dev/sda1 aa8921a1-6cfe-410f-9222-17def67d38c5 ext4
/dev/sda2: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda5 86ee80c5-afb9-4d99-932c-2be04c70e1db swap
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

aufs / aufs (rw)
/dev/sr0 /cdrom iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 /rofs squashfs (ro,noatime)


=========================== sda1/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
saved_entry=${chosen}
save_env saved_entry
fi
}

function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa8921a1-6cfe-410f-9222-17def67d38c5
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa8921a1-6cfe-410f-9222-17def67d38c5
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa8921a1-6cfe-410f-9222-17def67d38c5
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=aa8921a1-6cfe-410f-9222-17def67d38c5 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa8921a1-6cfe-410f-9222-17def67d38c5
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=aa8921a1-6cfe-410f-9222-17def67d38c5 ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa8921a1-6cfe-410f-9222-17def67d38c5
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set aa8921a1-6cfe-410f-9222-17def67d38c5
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
if [ ${timeout} != -1 ]; then
if keystatus; then
if keystatus --shift; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=0
fi
else
if sleep --interruptible 3 ; then
set timeout=0
fi
fi
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

=============================== sda1/etc/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 nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=aa8921a1-6cfe-410f-9222-17def67d38c5 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=86ee80c5-afb9-4d99-932c-2be04c70e1db none swap sw 0 0

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


120.4GB: boot/grub/core.img
197.8GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
120.4GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
120.3GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
120.4GB: initrd.img
120.3GB: vmlinuz
=========================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc =======================

Unknown BootLoader on sda2

00000000 da d6 89 a6 e4 c4 1d 96 68 3d e6 31 e3 15 d9 23 |........h=.1...#|
00000010 af 87 fa 74 7c f0 9b 03 f7 ba c0 0c 7b a8 3d 4e |...t|.......{.=N|
00000020 f1 00 9b 31 1b 87 e4 1e b2 06 59 d5 6d f3 d9 61 |...1......Y.m..a|
00000030 f4 0d a5 6a 38 e8 83 68 0d 03 6c 1b 66 dc 50 1f |...j8..h..l.f.P.|
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Thanks in advance, i really appreciate any help u guys can spare me...

Shakey

[davidmohammed]

try pressing shift during boot and then press e when grub is displayed.

at the end of the line make sure it reads

nomodeset quiet splash

If this doesn't work, repeat the shift above but downarrow to the recovery mode. At the command prompt type
lspci and dump the contents here.

[Shakey88]

try pressing shift during boot and then press e when grub is displayed.

at the end of the line make sure it reads

nomodeset quiet splash

If this doesn't work, repeat the shift above but downarrow to the recovery mode. At the command prompt type
lspci and dump the contents here.


Ok it reads "quiet splash" but doesnt contain "nomodeset"

In the command prompt i type lspci...

(now im really sorry, cuz im currently down to an iphone and a laptop without a working OS, i can't dump the contents, a picture of my screen is the best i can do {bar typeing it all out} sorry :s)

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1282/photobyl.jpg

[davidmohammed]

what happens if you remove "quiet splash" and replace it with nomodeset?

similarly - if you remove "quiet splash" and replace it with xforcevesa you should be able to boot to the desktop - probably in low resolution.

I note you have a ATI HD 4200 graphics card - dont have that myself, but by all accounts it should be ok with Lucid.

Worth checking when you get to the desktop, if there are any drivers recommended (administration - hardware drivers).

[Shakey88]

I should also say i've tried differnet CD's to install ubuntu, and have reinstalled ubuntu several times...

also tried adding "i915.modeset=1" after "quiet splash" that made no difference...

[Shakey88]

what happens if you remove "quiet splash" and replace it with nomodeset?

similarly - if you remove "quiet splash" and replace it with xforcevesa you should be able to boot to the desktop - probably in low resolution.

I note you have a ATI HD 4200 graphics card - dont have that myself, but by all accounts it should be ok with Lucid.

Worth checking when you get to the desktop, if there are any drivers recommended (administration - hardware drivers).


holy crap, dude replacing quiet splash with nomodeset worked...

Is this perminent? if not how do i make it perminent?

Thanks dude, u da man...:P

[davidmohammed]

good - at least you've now got to the desktop

I've noticed this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1464748) needs to be used to enable 3D acceleration - looks complicated. But if you make a backup first (use clonezilla) - then you've can always go backwards if it fails.

To make it permanent (if you dont want to bother with 3D acceleration)

Run




gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

add it to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line

you can see I added nomodeset

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset quiet splash"

save the file then run




sudo update-grub

[Shakey88]

Thank again for your help brother, she's workin a treat! I didn't bother with enabling the 3D acceration (however as soon as I got to the desktop it started downloading and installing graphics drivers) who knows mite try and revert the grub settings back to see of it works at some point...
But for the minute she's as sweet as a nut...

Was abit miffed when I found out iTunes isn't compatible :(
but think I'm gonna install windows 7 and run it on virtualbox, and see how that goes...

Thanks for all your help brother couldn't have done it without ya!


Peace
Shakey