[EN] [solved]cannot login 3.6.2

[laudire]

Hi!
I had to reinstall siduction last night. Everything went well. Then I did "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade" and it went well also but now I cannot login the new kernel ( which is 3.6.2 ). Here is a part of my "grub.conf";

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menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.6-2.towo-siduction-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9bedf715-48d5-42e2-9bb2-2505f2ed5f9b
echo 'Loading Linux 3.6-2.towo-siduction-686 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.6-2.towo-siduction-686 root=UUID=d96b9d15-f25c-4eba-87dd-47ac990ddeee ro  quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-3.6-2.towo-siduction-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.4-4.towo-siduction-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9bedf715-48d5-42e2-9bb2-2505f2ed5f9b
echo 'Loading Linux 3.4-4.towo-siduction-686 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.4-4.towo-siduction-686 root=UUID=d96b9d15-f25c-4eba-87dd-47ac990ddeee ro  quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-3.4-4.towo-siduction-686
}

I can get a login screen with my name but I cannot type my password. The mouse and the keyboard are not responding. I am posting from the 3.4.4 kernel and everything is fine here.
What can I do?

[dibl]

Hi, and welcome!

Everything went well.

Hmmm, well, not quite.  The current kernel is 3.6-5, so it looks like maybe you did not adjust your sources.  Take a look here -- you need the "base" siduction repo, as well as the Debian sid repo, as a minimum.

I'm using this combination for my /etc/apt/sources.list.d/siduction.list, which works well on my KDE system:

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deb http://packages.siduction.org/base unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/base unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://packages.siduction.org/extra unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/extra unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://packages.siduction.org/user unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/user unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://packages.siduction.org/fixes unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/fixes unstable main contrib non-free

If you still have problems after fixing your repos,

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inxi -v3 will display your hardware, and you can post that output in case there's a special hardware issue.

[laudire]

Well!
I changed my source.list;

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deb ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/siduction/siduction unstable main
#deb-src ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/siduction/siduction unstable main
deb ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/siduction/fixes unstable main
#deb-src ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/siduction/fixes unstable main
deb http://packages.siduction.org/base unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/base unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://packages.siduction.org/base unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/base unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://packages.siduction.org/extra unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/extra unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://packages.siduction.org/user unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/user unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://packages.siduction.org/fixes unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://packages.siduction.org/fixes unstable main contrib non-free
and I redid " apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade" then I rebooted and 3.6.5 didn't show in the grub.conf as you can see;

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### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.6-2.towo-siduction-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9bedf715-48d5-42e2-9bb2-2505f2ed5f9b
echo 'Loading Linux 3.6-2.towo-siduction-686 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.6-2.towo-siduction-686 root=UUID=d96b9d15-f25c-4eba-87dd-47ac990ddeee ro  quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-3.6-2.towo-siduction-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.4-4.towo-siduction-686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9bedf715-48d5-42e2-9bb2-2505f2ed5f9b
echo 'Loading Linux 3.4-4.towo-siduction-686 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.4-4.towo-siduction-686 root=UUID=d96b9d15-f25c-4eba-87dd-47ac990ddeee ro  quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-3.4-4.towo-siduction-686
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.3.4-5.fc17.i686' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9bedf715-48d5-42e2-9bb2-2505f2ed5f9b
echo 'Loading Linux 3.3.4-5.fc17.i686 ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686 root=UUID=d96b9d15-f25c-4eba-87dd-47ac990ddeee ro  quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686.img
so I am again in 3.4.4 and here is what you asked;

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rejean@siductionbox:~$ inxi -v3
System:    Host: siductionbox Kernel: 3.4-4.towo-siduction-686 i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.7.0)
           Desktop: KDE 4.8.3 (Qt 4.8.2) Distro: siduction 12.1.1 Desperado Reloaded - kde - (201206241910)
Machine:   Mobo: Gigabyte model: G41MT-S2PT version: x.x Bios: Award version: F2 date: 12/06/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo CPU E7400 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3) bmips: 11199.6
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G73 [GeForce 7600 GT] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           X.Org: 1.12.1.902 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz, 1024x768@50.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV4B GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Network:   Card-1: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit Ethernet driver: atl1c ver: 1.0.1.0-NAPI port: bf00 bus-ID: 03:00.0
           IF: eth1 state: down mac: 90:2b:34:06:e9:84
           Card-2: D-Link System RTL8139 Ethernet driver: 8139too ver: 0.9.28 port: de00 bus-ID: 04:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: unknown speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:05:5d:28:a7:87
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1291.2GB (15.5% used) 1: model: WDC_WD400BB
           2: model: Maxtor_7Y250P0 3: model: ST31000528AS
Info:      Processes: 171 Uptime: 7 min Memory: 447.1/3294.9MB Runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.1 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.5
rejean@siductionbox:~$



I hope that you or someone else can help.

[michaa7]

Are you sure you wanted to have a separate boot partition? Or was this an accident, a remnant of whatever previous installation of other distros??

Pls show

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ls /boot/ | grep towo

[laudire]

Having a few distros installed I was told that it would be preferable to have a separate /boot partition and to leave the boot manager on the / of the distros that I install.I have opted to have siduction to control the boot partition. Is it wrong?

[michaa7]

I'm still not familiar with Grub2, so *I* do not know exactly how to solve this.
Still interesting:

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ls /boot/ | grep towo

I still wonder where each of this two siduction kernels got installed. (bedtime now for me ;-) )

[laudire]

here;

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rejean@siductionbox:~$ ls /boot/ | grep towo
config-3.4-4.towo-siduction-686
config-3.6-2.towo-siduction-686
initrd.img-3.4-4.towo-siduction-686
initrd.img-3.6-2.towo-siduction-686
System.map-3.4-4.towo-siduction-686
System.map-3.6-2.towo-siduction-686
vmlinuz-3.4-4.towo-siduction-686
vmlinuz-3.6-2.towo-siduction-686
rejean@siductionbox:~$



[michaa7]

my wild guess is siduction has no clue about your boot partition (btw, how did you annonce it).

pls show:

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# ls /boot/ | grep vmlinuz

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# cat /etc/fstab

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# blkid

... and begin to read in and to understand the siduction manual how to repair grub2

[laudire]

here it is;

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rejean@siductionbox:~$ su
Password:
root@siductionbox:/home/rejean# ls /boot/ | grep vmlinuz
vmlinuz-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686
vmlinuz-3.4-4.towo-siduction-686
vmlinuz-3.6-2.towo-siduction-686


then;

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root@siductionbox:/home/rejean# cat /etc/fstab
UUID=9bedf715-48d5-42e2-9bb2-2505f2ed5f9b     /boot                ext4         defaults,relatime,errors=remount-ro           0    2  
UUID=d96b9d15-f25c-4eba-87dd-47ac990ddeee     /                    ext4         defaults,relatime,errors=remount-ro           0    1  
UUID=1c0b9567-a3a7-4719-a3f1-f1d3a73960f0     /media/disk1part3    ext4         defaults,relatime,errors=remount-ro           0    2  
UUID=048201C74C181A59                         /media/disk2part1    ntfs         auto,users,ro,dmask=0022,fmask=0133,nls=utf8  0    0  
UUID=aabd9a0f-562c-44fe-b997-7de0af9921cf     /media/disk2part10   ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=2B32-81E1                                /media/disk2part11   vfat         auto,users,rw,quiet,umask=000,shortname=lower 0    0  
UUID=81447030-5931-4f13-9ff1-25c273bfa7ec     /media/disk2part2    ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=9fb189a6-ce57-4cf9-bf5b-9591f2512e90     none                 swap         sw                                            0    0  
UUID=2c2df885-c0fa-4f6a-9358-8b49c597448d     /media/disk2part6    ext3         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=813361da-ccd1-4380-b1ec-d97820f07fdf     /media/disk2part7    ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=255c6116-9cf8-4ce9-8b67-0ac952ac612b     /media/disk2part8    ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=3b733ca4-0790-4b6f-9938-3fde5b477f7d     /media/disk2part9    ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=68d986dd-531d-49b7-8cea-fec3388cc736     /media/disk3part1    ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=b6cda9cb-7fc9-4880-b552-557d0e5bc8df     /media/disk3part10   ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=9cfd579a-1e91-4bba-a4c9-d2a10a0d74af     /media/disk3part11   ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=23098723-af66-4a0e-88a3-dbf29043c450     /media/disk3part2    ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=b773a4a3-3d84-4afd-a672-a6b653a1f7e8     /media/disk3part4    ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=28e42a2e-cd77-4761-b90d-bfda05957914     /media/disk3part5    ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=a8f96c38-a441-4872-821e-fcb081110f36     none                 swap         sw                                            0    0  
UUID=443E317E38E48AC0                         /media/disk3part7    ntfs         auto,users,ro,dmask=0022,fmask=0133,nls=utf8  0    0  
UUID=07aea50a-c1e8-4b4a-b212-8b7601eddc9d     /media/disk3part8    ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  
UUID=b1e5fb38-794f-49b8-94f2-19923e8f2b9c     /media/disk3part9    ext4         auto,users,rw,exec,relatime                   0    0  


and finally;

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root@siductionbox:/home/rejean# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="9bedf715-48d5-42e2-9bb2-2505f2ed5f9b" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda2: UUID="d96b9d15-f25c-4eba-87dd-47ac990ddeee" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sda3: UUID="1c0b9567-a3a7-4719-a3f1-f1d3a73960f0" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="_CentOS-6.2-x86_" UUID="68d986dd-531d-49b7-8cea-fec3388cc736" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc2: UUID="23098723-af66-4a0e-88a3-dbf29043c450" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc4: UUID="b773a4a3-3d84-4afd-a672-a6b653a1f7e8" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc5: UUID="28e42a2e-cd77-4761-b90d-bfda05957914" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc6: UUID="a8f96c38-a441-4872-821e-fcb081110f36" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdc7: UUID="443E317E38E48AC0" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdc8: UUID="07aea50a-c1e8-4b4a-b212-8b7601eddc9d" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc9: UUID="b1e5fb38-794f-49b8-94f2-19923e8f2b9c" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc10: UUID="b6cda9cb-7fc9-4880-b552-557d0e5bc8df" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdc11: UUID="9cfd579a-1e91-4bba-a4c9-d2a10a0d74af" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="048201C74C181A59" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb2: LABEL="_CentOS-6.2-x86_" UUID="81447030-5931-4f13-9ff1-25c273bfa7ec" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="9fb189a6-ce57-4cf9-bf5b-9591f2512e90" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdb6: UUID="2c2df885-c0fa-4f6a-9358-8b49c597448d" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/sdb7: UUID="813361da-ccd1-4380-b1ec-d97820f07fdf" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb8: LABEL="_Fedora-17-i686-" UUID="255c6116-9cf8-4ce9-8b67-0ac952ac612b" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb9: UUID="3b733ca4-0790-4b6f-9938-3fde5b477f7d" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb10: UUID="aabd9a0f-562c-44fe-b997-7de0af9921cf" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb11: UUID="2B32-81E1" TYPE="vfat"
root@siductionbox:/home/rejean#


as far as I am concerned the problem with 3.6.2 is not grub. When I reboot I see an entry for 3.6.2, another entry for 3.4.4 and one for 3.3.4-5 and entries for the different distros but if I choose 3.6.2 then I get a login screen with my name and a place to enter my password but neither the mouse or the keyboard work.

[laudire]

I redid " apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade" and a whole lot of packages got replaced and I should have 3.6.5 now

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...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.6-5.towo-siduction-686
W: mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays.
W: mdadm: no arrays defined in configuration file.
Processing triggers for resolvconf ...
root@siductionbox:/home/rejean#


let's see if upon rebooting I can login. Back in a minute.

[laudire]

Fine. I was able to login 3.6.5. I might do a kernel-remove and save 3.4.4 as a back-up kernel but remove 3.6.2. What do you think?

[michaa7]

So this whole problem was a hickup? Fine that the problem is solved without to have to fumble around with grub ;-)

And yes, if 3.6.5 and 3.4.4 are working but not 3.6.2, it's a good idea to remove (kernel-remover) the latter.

[laudire]

So this whole problem was a hickup? Fine that the problem is solved without to have to fumble around with grub ;-)

Yes I knew the problem was not grub.

And yes, if 3.6.5 and 3.4.4 are working but not 3.6.2, it's a good idea to remove (kernel-remover) the latter.

That's what I'll do then. Thanks michaa7.