Re: Debian-based system not booting on Dell Inspiron laptop
>> On Sun, 2009-02-08 at 13:25 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>> When I start the computer, I get the Kubuntu graphic, then it drops
>>> to tty1 and I get a text login. When I log in with my username and
>>> password I get a message that the system is read only.
>>> Other than / no partitions are mounted. As /home is it's own
>>> partition I cannot access my files there.
>
in grub, pressing 'e' on the default boot entry will let you edit the
boot command line. removing 'quiet' and 'splash' will let you see errors
more clearly.
>>> I then logged in as root (I do have a root password) and tried
>>> running init 5 however that did nothing.
>
> init 5 runs the scripts in /etc/rc5.d in the order specified, am I
> correct? Wouldn't affect anything that's normally run before init
> starts.
there is no point in trying runlevel 5 unless you explicitly changed the
system to start gdm in runlevel 5 only, instead of the default of 2.
>>> What must I do to diagnose this? Thanks.
>
> You could compare your boot log with that of debian linux system that
> comes up right and look for clues.
>
>> Check the error message in the log files
as you are being dropped to tty1 it sounds like the xorg.conf might be
messed up, /var/log/Xorg.0.log or similar will likely contain useful
information.
hth,
tee
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