After installing Ubuntu Server 11.10 x64 on a freshly built server, after the eject disc and press Enter to reboot option, the system reboots, goes through grub, then shows a black screen, then shows nothing but a blank / black screen.
Thinking it was locked up at first, I decided to try my luck with a CTRL-ALT-DEL (control alt delete), and was greeted with the system rebooting, posting, going through grub, then black screen again. I first thought it was an issue of needing to use the new GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=KEEP, but I decided to google it, and found the post that my post title links to, and it suggested adding the nomodeset kernel option. I'm not sure if the other option might have worked as well, and if it is/would be a better solution... I didn't need to try it as the nomodeset option worked, and its very similar in how to go about fixing it anyways (editing the grub config).
Following the linked to poster's description (a good description for newbies) of what to edit in Grub didn't quite match the new grub menu / editing selection of Ubuntu 11.10 during bootup (I didn't see splash or quiet options that he mentioned in this new interface / menu), but I simply added the nomodeset to the end of the line that loads the kernel and its options.
After successfully booting, edit /etc/defaults/grub and add nomodeset to the following option in grubs config file for future boots:
sudo nano /etc/defaults/grub
add / update the following: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset"
then run "sudo update-grub"
Now during bootup, the screen still goes blank temporarily, but then comes back and works as normal.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Windows 7 Backup fails saying it skipped files
Using Windows 7 built-in backup system with the automated settings is simple... sometimes too over-simple, and lacking for easy adjustment.
Certain programs you install create their own user account on Windows 7 (and Vista or XP I assume). In my case, I was working on a system that has two programs installed that Windows 7 Backup complains about, Logmein Remote support Software and Quickbooks (2010, 2011, 2012 are all the same I believe).
When the Windows 7 Backup runs, it completes, but gives you a system warning saying that it has failed since it wasn't able to backup certain files (listed below in my instance).
C:\Users\LogmeinRemoteUser\Contacts
C:\Users\LogmeinRemoteUser\Searches
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser20\Contacts
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser20\Searches
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser22\Contacts
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser22\Searches
The article I've linked to in the title had a response from someone mentioning a microsoft Knowledge base (KB) article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979281
I used one of the Resolutions listed for Scenario 2, the 1st bullet point / resolution says:
- Create the missing LocalLow, Contacts, and Searches folders that are listed in the error message.
So I simply traversed to one folder below the folders listed in the error messages about files being skipping, and created new Empty folders with names that match the error message names (I had to provide / confirm administrative privileges to continue and take ownership to get into the folders).
I created new empty folders the same as the following:
C:\Users\LogmeinRemoteUser\Contacts
C:\Users\LogmeinRemoteUser\Searches
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser20\Contacts
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser20\Searches
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser22\Contacts
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser22\Searches
I then re-ran the backup and it didn't complain about files being skipped anymore, and now I can assume/presume that when (if ever) there actually is an error about a file being skipped, I will get the system warning message, and I will know there's a real problem instead of "ignoring" the warnings and never looking too closely since it used to warn after every backup saying the backup had either not finished successfully or had completed with errors (skipped files).
Certain programs you install create their own user account on Windows 7 (and Vista or XP I assume). In my case, I was working on a system that has two programs installed that Windows 7 Backup complains about, Logmein Remote support Software and Quickbooks (2010, 2011, 2012 are all the same I believe).
When the Windows 7 Backup runs, it completes, but gives you a system warning saying that it has failed since it wasn't able to backup certain files (listed below in my instance).
C:\Users\LogmeinRemoteUser\Contacts
C:\Users\LogmeinRemoteUser\Searches
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser20\Contacts
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser20\Searches
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser22\Contacts
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser22\Searches
The article I've linked to in the title had a response from someone mentioning a microsoft Knowledge base (KB) article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/979281
I used one of the Resolutions listed for Scenario 2, the 1st bullet point / resolution says:
- Create the missing LocalLow, Contacts, and Searches folders that are listed in the error message.
So I simply traversed to one folder below the folders listed in the error messages about files being skipping, and created new Empty folders with names that match the error message names (I had to provide / confirm administrative privileges to continue and take ownership to get into the folders).
I created new empty folders the same as the following:
C:\Users\LogmeinRemoteUser\Contacts
C:\Users\LogmeinRemoteUser\Searches
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser20\Contacts
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser20\Searches
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser22\Contacts
C:\Users\QBDataServiceUser22\Searches
I then re-ran the backup and it didn't complain about files being skipped anymore, and now I can assume/presume that when (if ever) there actually is an error about a file being skipped, I will get the system warning message, and I will know there's a real problem instead of "ignoring" the warnings and never looking too closely since it used to warn after every backup saying the backup had either not finished successfully or had completed with errors (skipped files).
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