[CoLoCo] 8.10 upgrade "oddity"

[NICK VERBECK]

I have the same problems with my laptop at times. I tend to just hold
down a key through the boot if it is appears to be slow. I think the
key interrupt causes something to trigger a refresh.

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Andrew <keen101 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I heard reports of symptoms like that on ubuntu forums. Try checking there.
>
> -Andrew
>
> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Kenneth D Weinert <kenw at quarter-flash.com>
> wrote:
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>> I did the dist-upgrade path and I thought at first that I was totally
>> hosed.
>>
>> During boot ( 2.6.27-9-generic) it appears to hang and sets there for
>> a *very* long time. Long enough, in fact, that I thought it was hung
>> so I hit the power key.
>>
>> After holding the power key for a second or two, progress resumes. It
>> does boot into that kernel and then, no surprise, X won't start as it
>> can't parse the config file.  It doesn't like the RgbPath directive.
>>
>> I comment that out and get X started.  Mindful of all the discussion
>> that had gone on about how much trouble X was to get sorted, I was a
>> bit apprehensive.
>>
>> Turns out that it wasn't a big deal, mainly because I'm using the
>> nvidia X server. Running through the config after restarting X to use
>> that server got everything straightened out.
>>
>> I am curious, however, about that initial pause. Anyone else
>> experienced anything like that? Any hints on what I might google for
>> to find out more info or what I can set to see boot details instead of
>> just an nice orange progress bar?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ken
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