Questions tagged [recovery-mode]
Questions about using and getting tasks done with the command line recovery mode.
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Can't boot into Ubuntu or Recovery mode
I'm having an issue with getting into my Ubuntu machine. I'm a total noob with debugging such issues. This started randomly after powering on the system. I try to boot in and get the below screen. I ...
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Grub menu advanced options entries are cut off
My default Kernel is not working anymore with my graphic hardware. But I can succeed with an older Kernel from advanced options. Unfortunately the entries for older Kernels all look the same, so I ...
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"Oh no" something has gone wrong with neither TTY access nor recovery mode after Upgrade to 24.04 [duplicate]
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 24.04 and after a system reboot, only a white background page with message "Oh no, something has gone wrong" appears and I neither have access to a TTY ...
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Booting into recovery mode turns my screen into "Braille" hieroglyphs?
I am running a Ubuntu 22.04 with LUX full disk encryption in a VM. I just finished configuring GRUB to require a password using this answer, and to only require a password when changing settings using ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 stuck in emergency mode
I force reboot my laptop after a fail in the installation of a printer. I remember before rebooting that I used stacer to clean the cache, logs, and removed some snapd packages using it also.
Now my ...
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Restart loop after Ubuntu install on USB
My laptop has become unusable, please help.
I tried installing Ubuntu for the first time on a USB stick to run from any computer.
Here are the steps I took:
downloaded Ubuntu from web on Windows and ...
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How to get to grub menu
I want to get to ubuntu recovery mode and I don't know how to get to grub menu. I am using ubuntu 22. I tried to hold or press many keys such as esc or shift left/right. I switched on the computer and ...
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having an issue related to dev/sda5 mounting. when booting up the screen goes as recovering journal and dev/sda5 clear blocks.target is busy issue
/dev/loop9 853M 853M 0 100% /snap/intellij-idea-community/483
/dev/loop13 667M 667M 0 100% /snap/onlyoffice-desktopeditors/181
$ sudo parted /dev/sda 'print'
[sudo] password for prithivira
Model: ATA ...
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Ubuntu dual boot: Windows boots in recovery mode
I have a HP Elitebook Bang&Olufsen laptop installed with a corporate Windows OS distribution.
I recently decided to make it into a dual boot with Ubuntu 22.xx LTS. Steps:
Go into the only Windows ...
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Fix changing all files permissions to default user in ubuntu [duplicate]
I accidentally ran the command
sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu .
while i was in the root directory.
Now every single files user and group has changed to the Ubuntu user and group. And none of the ...
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Resolvconf-pull-resolved.path: no such file or directory
I am having an issue with connecting to my mobile hotspot from the recovery mode.
The reason I want to connect to the internet in this manner is because my pc somehow, got stuck on the boot menu when ...
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How to fix cursed machine with broken recovery mode and broken GNOME
Recovery mode shows a screen that apparently can't find dpkg/apt/any coreutil executables: here, GNOME crashes after login attempt with correct password, systemctl status gdm shows:
Nov 02 16:38:19 (...
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I cannot shutdown Ubuntu 22.04. Failed to unmount /oldroot/dev
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 alongside Windows on an HP Victus with an Nvidia 3050 ti mobile and I cannot shut down Ubuntu properly. During the shutdown I get the following error messages:
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Booting problem after updating the graphic card driver
I was working with my computer when I received the Nvidia graphics card driver update message and confirmed the update; After that, I stopped working with the computer and left the house. When I came ...
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Change windows manager from recovery mode?
Is this possible?
choosewm says its not installed and I can't install it, presumably because I can't connect to WiFi from recovery mode
I'm running Fossa
