ffi Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Today I wanted to expiriment a little more with Kubuntu and reformated and labeled (to Ubuntu) a partition. I installed Kubuntu (6.04) but now when I boot into Mandriva I get the following error : fsck.ext3 could not resolve 'Label=Ubuntu' (or something similar). I then get asked wether I want to fix the error ( choosing either Y or N doesn't make any difference). I can then type my root password or ctrl-d for a reboot. If it type my root password and then startx, x continues to load but encounters the following fatal error; (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1280x1024_60" (II) Loading extension NV-GLX (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized (II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled (**) Option "dpms" (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL (==) RandR enabled (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD (II) Initializing built-in extension LBX (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES (II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE (II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE (II) Initializing extension GLX (**) Option "CoreKeyboard" (**) Keyboard1: Core Keyboard (**) Option "Protocol" "standard" (**) Keyboard1: Protocol: standard (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg" (**) Keyboard1: XkbRules: "xorg" (**) Keyboard1: XkbModel: "logicdp" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us_intl" (**) Keyboard1: XkbLayout: "us_intl" (**) Option "XkbOptions" "compose:rwin" (**) Keyboard1: XkbOptions: "compose:rwin" (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off" (**) Keyboard1: CustomKeycodes disabled (**) Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" (**) Mouse1: Device: "/dev/mouse" (**) Mouse1: Protocol: "ExplorerPS/2" (**) Option "CorePointer" (**) Mouse1: Core Pointer (**) Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" (==) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50 (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" (**) Mouse1: ZAxisMapping: buttons 6 and 7 (**) Mouse1: Buttons: 11 (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard1" (type: KEYBOARD) (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NVIDIA Event Handler" (type: Other) (II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.X.Org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [moved from Software by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 what partition did you format? was it one that was part of the mandriva install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 No, I formatted hda2, mandriva is on hda3. The mandriva kernel boots but gives errors (the one I described) and Xorg refuses to load because of a fatal error.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Yes, I know the errors you described, I'm trying to determine what might be causing these errors by asking questions ;) Did the hda2 partition exist during the mandriva install? or did you create it afterwards? that is, when you installed mandriva, were there two partitions in existance that were before the partition the mandriva installed on, or did you resize a partition and create a new one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 It was there when I installed Mandriva, though I then still had XP home on it and was formatted as fat32. I tried to install Kubuntu last week in this partition but had some other problems (see for those problems: https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=31072 ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 when you login, take a look at your /etc/fstab file: nano -w /etc/fstab look for a line that references /dev/hda2: /dev/hda2 /mnt/something etc. and put a # in front of it for the time being (that is, comment it out): #/dev/hda2 /mnt/something etc. then reboot and see if the boot up error is fixed. as far as the other error, it's a problem with fonts. you can try fixing it by: fc-cache -v before you do that startx, but I have a feeling the first error is what's causing the second one - boot up is stopping early and not starting some necessary services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Okay I saw a line: ´label=Ubuntu´ /mnt/win_c ext3 umask=0,iocharset=utf8 1 2 and changed it to /dev/hda2 /mnt/win_c ext3 umask=0,iocharset=utf8 1 2 and now Mandriva works again. Strange thing though I was looking at the fstab file on hda3 (my mandriva partition) with my installation from Kubuntu (on hda2) but I needed admin privileges in Kubuntu to change the Mandriva fstab file. Do you suppose Kubuntu is using the same fstab file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 it shouldn't be, though they may look similar. ubuntu usually detects other linux distributions, and may have changed the fstab for some reason. plus, when you mount a linux partition inside another linux system it retains the permissions, so a file that is only writable to root will still be so when mounted under another linux system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 (edited) Okay, thanks for your answer and the help :) . BTW Kubuntu did not detect the Mandriva install (after all the troubles I had with boatloaders I had decided not to let Kubuntu install one but had manually added the entries in Mandriva before the install) Edited March 11, 2006 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 strange o_O ubuntu is usually pretty good about that. last i installed it, it detected gentoo and windows and added both to grub. then again, i've seen it detect nothing on other systems. wonder what the issue is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 When installing multiple Linux distros on the same machine, its wise to have a common /boot partition (normally formatted as ext2, and no larger than 64MB), where you install Grub just once and manage the various kernels of the various Linuxes by hand (sounds complicated, but it's actually very easy, or in anyway much easier than having multiple /boot partitions and bootloaders). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 o_O Most people install grub on the MBR (and so only have one bootloader), having one /boot really doesn't have many advantages, and some distros may have conflicts with naming conventions of the kernels when they place them in /boot - they could start overwriting each other if they use the same naming conventions. I don't think having one /boot partition is a smart move for more novice users. But we don't really need to get into it. ffi's problem has been solved :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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