Locked up in boot process.

[Steven Vollom]

Recently I tried to play an .wmv.  Dragon Player would not play it, so I 
attempted to install xine using KpackageKit.  Not sure which applications were 
required, I attempted installing all of the Xine packages except the Gnome 
applications.  About midway through installation, I was stopped with the error 
message that I did not have the required permissions to continue.  I closed 
the installation to search for answers then request help from the list.

When I attempted to open Konqueror, it would not open.  When I attempted to 
open Dolphin, it would not open.  When I attempted to open a Shell, it would 
not open, so I decided to boot and see if things would return to normal.

I was stopped during the boot process and was left with a command line prompt 
and attempted 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' but things remained the same.  When 
back at the command prompt, I typed in 'sudo aptitude install updates', and 
uptdate quite a lot of packages.  Then I typed in 'sudo aptitude install safe-
upgrade'.  This took quite a bit longer, almost like installing an OS.  When I 
booted this time I came back to the same problem, stopped during the boot.

The following was on screen prior to the command prompt:

[1.  470171]  ACPI:  Expecting a reference package element, found type 0
[5.  843020] [Firmware bug]:  powernow k8:  Your BIOS does not provide ACPI 
_PSS objects in a way that Linux understands.  Please report this to the Linux 
ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vender.
[5.  843100]  Same instruction repeated.
[5.  843179]  Same instruction repeated.
[5.  843257]  Same instruction repeated.
Loading please wait............
19 +0 records in
19 +0 records out
kinit:  name_to_dev_t(/dev/disk/by uuid/8d4cf1eb-30e4-4048-830a-b41eeba5c0dc


I waited a while to see if it was still working then it resumed.

kinit:  No resume image, doing normal boot......
Ubuntu 9.04 Yeshua tty1
Yeshua login:  *Reloading common Unix printing system: cupsd
*Reloading system :  log daemon...

I would sure like to avoid a re-installation.  I don't remember how to save 
and forward email records or the Wine and e-Sword applications.   Other than 
update, I haven't done anything other than the problem installing Xine to 
cause any OS configuration problems.  Thanks!

Steven