This question already has answers here: Secure shared memory (2 answers) Closed 7 years ago. Everytime I setup a new VPS, I secure shared memory by adding the following to /etc/fstab: tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults,noexec,nosuid 0 0 Which works as expected on every host, EXCEPT for Linode. Here is the bootup error I get in … Read more
I’ve searched through existing questions, but nothing addresses my problem. My system running Ubuntu 14.04 went through a partial-update a few days ago. Ever since, my system will not boot. It freezes on the purple screen. (plymouth?) When I attempt to boot to recovery, I get a “gave up waiting for root” error along with … Read more
I have installed Ubuntu 15.04 on my laptop. Inside that, On virtualbox i have installed another ubuntu 15.04. I see the ubuntu logo during the boot on the host but on the guest I see the message ACPI PCC PROBE FAILED. STARTING VERSION 219. SMBUS BASE ADDRESS UNINITIALIZED ade BIOS or use force_addr=0xaddr no valid … Read more
I know there have been solutions for previous versions of Ubuntu, but what is the best way to go about it now? As an aside, if I have it disabled the splash is fine, but before the login manager shows there is a weird torn up flicker of sorts. Any help is appreciated. Answer Instructions … Read more
Due to a bad update to 11.04 i had to completely reinstall Ubuntu, now i got everything pretty much the way it was before, except for plymouth.I’ve tried every script i found, every turorial i’ve found, i’ve installed Plymouth Manager, i’ve installed a plymouth theme that worked before…and still, just plain white text, if it … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Ask Ubuntu. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question After upgrading to 11.04 the following messages appear, i don’t know what to do about it. pls suggest. init: plymouth main process (68) … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Ask Ubuntu. Closed 9 years ago. Improve this question This is 12.04 LTS on an AMD A8-3870 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics. Had 12.04 installed for a couple of weeks. Previously updated … Read more
I have a vanilla Ubuntu install running on an Ivy-Bridge ultrabook that is using Intel 4000 graphics. I have enabled autologin via a line in the lightdm config file. My boot is very fast, however, it is ugly. The screen will be black, all solid purple for a second, then Plymouth for a second, then … Read more
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on a partition on (I believe) an Apple Mac mini “Core i5”. Everything was going well until recently. Now Ubuntu hangs during the purple splash screen, just showing endless cycling dots. I have been able to successfully boot in text only mode by changing the GRUB boot command from … Read more
I’m trying to set the splash screens for the whole boot, from the selection in grub until DE fully loads. My DE is xfce 4.10, running xubuntu 13.10. Now, I have the default plymounth xubuntu theme, which works good, except that it takes ~3-5sec to show since grub starts to load ubuntu (there is a … Read more
