[ubuntu-uk] Lost network access in Ubuntu 8.04

[David King]

I tried a different kernel, as it seems that some of the modules for the 
kernel it was trying to use were missing.

So I went into 9.04 and edited the grub menu, and booted 8.04 with an 
earlier kernel, but it was like going back in time, as all settings were 
set to an earlier date. However, it was the only kernel that worked 
instead of the latest one installed, and then I installed a later kernel 
through Synaptic that was available. I can now boot using the later 
kernel and things seems back to normal, except that my installed 
programs, icons, etc., are all as they were a few months ago instead of 
how they were recently.

How can I get things back to the way they were in terms of icons and 
installed programs in menus?


David King





David King wrote:
> I have had the fsck problem before when booting this PC, and it when I then get a low graphics login screen, I reboot, and the problem goes away. But this time it keeps recurring, and only the recent occurences since i installed 9.04 on another partition.
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> I looked into the logs, and found this at the end of /var/log/messages:
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> Jun  2 14:57:54 ubuntu8amd64 kernel: [  913.899185] usplash[7352]: segfault at ffffffcc rip 7fe342f1e82f rsp 7fff4bb2b140 error 6
> Jun  2 14:58:00 ubuntu8amd64 libvirtd: Shutting down on signal 15
> Jun  2 14:58:02 ubuntu8amd64 exiting on signal 15
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> There is no mention of fsck in the logs.
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>> On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 15:48 +0200, David King wrote:
>>     
>>> I have a further problem now. After having successfully installed Ubuntu 
>>>       
>> 9.04, when I try to boot into 8.04, it stops part way through saying the file 
>> system check died, and I have to press CTRL-D to continue. When it loads the 
>> login screen, it is in a low graphics mode and the mouse does not work.
>>     
>>> I then restart the PC and the same thing happens, now several times. I need 
>>>       
>> to boot into 8.04 as that's where all my software is installed as I have 
>> important work to do. Eventually I put everything into 9.04, but for now it 
>> would take too long to get that ready to use, but with 8.04 not booting 
>> properly, it is a real nuisance.
>>     
>>> How can I get 8.04 to boot properly?
>>>
>>>
>>> David King
>>>
>>>       
>> When you get to that prompt, run fsck over the disk, so fsck /dev/sda1
>> or sda2 or whichever partition your 8.04 install is on. It will ask you
>> some questions about how to proceed. Once this has run, reboot and it
>> should work.
>>
>> -Matt Daubney 
>>
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