I think I have realised what has happened in regards to the software and settings being out of date.
A few months ago I cloned the root partition, as a backup. Somehow, I have been running Ubuntu from the backup instead of the original, so the backup got updated. So when I installed Ubuntu 9.04, I chose the partition of the backup, thinking I do not need it any more, not realising that I was formatting and thus erasing my good installation of 8.04 and replacing it with 9.04, and when I booted into the old copy of 8.04 thinking it was the latest copy of my OS, I found instead an outdated version. I feel so stupid now.... David King David King wrote: > 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. >> >> I looked into the logs, and found this at the end of /var/log/messages: >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> There is no mention of fsck in the logs. >> >> >> >> >> >>> 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 >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >>> >> >> > > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
