Re: debian hangs after grub

[Vangelis Katsikaros <ibob17@yahoo.gr>]

On 04/26/2011 05:29 PM, Vangelis Katsikaros wrote:
> Hello
>
> I just installed debian 6.0.1.a amd64 with net install, with a clean
> install (before I had 5).
>
> The system goes to grub and when I select the non-recovery mode
> (2.6.32-5-amd64), I get a cursor that doesn't blink and no action at
> all. I waited about 5-6 mins (I thought it would be checking for a card
> or something else) but nothing happened. Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn't work.
>
> Now, if I turn off and on the machine and:
> - go to grub
> - boot the recovery mode, and then at the root prompt I do a reboot
> - go to grub
> - boot the non recovery mode everything works fine and I get X and
> everything.
>
> I wonder how I can find what happens.
>
> I have
> - an lshw (from the debian 5 installation that's not there anymore) for
> this machine http://pastebin.com/n7J8DWYZ
> - the dmesg from the recovery mode is http://pastebin.com/UmtkYR5x
>
> If you need any more info I can make it available.
>
> Vangelis
>
> PS the netinstall CD could not install with the simple installer or the
> graphical one (again it hanged after selecting the install option) , so
> I did the installation with expert install.

Hi again

I also installed an ubuntu on the same machine, the ubuntu works fine, 
the debian issue still remains. So, I started playing with editing grub 
commands.

In the debian non-recovery mode I removed from the grub command
linux /vmlinuz... root=... ro quiet
the "quiet" part

And then booting works fine. Does that make any sense?

Vangelis

PS  In order to apply this change permanently I edited the 
/etc/default/grub from
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""

in the ubuntu (since it was the last to be installed)