I'd like to see a good overview of Ubuntu's startup process. I just took a class on Unix/Linux system administration, and we spent quite some time on system startup and shutdown -- but mostly in terms of Sys V init scripts and runlevels. I'm clueless about upstart and plymouth.
-- Brian Vaughan <bgvaug...@gmail.com> On Fri, 2010-04-16 at 08:36 +0100, Joao Pinto wrote: > Hello, > a frequently reported problem on #Ubuntu+1 which is most of the times > answered is the "I am unable to boot problem". > > Is there a generic boot troubleshotting documentation ? I couldn't > find one. If not is there with the know-how to create it ? > It should describe how to check at which stage of the boot is the > hanging/crash ocurring and how to deal with it. > > I am probably missing something but it should at least contain some > documentation for the following stages: > * GRUB > * kernel loading > * upstart > * plymouth > * X > * gdm > > For all of the above stages it should describe the options that can be > used to workaround typical problems (e.g. kernel parameters), debug > options and how to collect such data. > > Thanks > > -- > João Luís Marques Pinto > GetDeb Team Leader > http://www.getdeb.net > http://blog.getdeb.net
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