Hi Christopher Thank you for getting back to me. I am sorry for taking up your time because I now think this problem may have been due to a faulty hard drive.
Since I replaced that drive with a much newer 1Tb drive about a month ago, reinstalling Ubuntu, this problem has not recurred. May I take this opportunity to say how impressed I am with Ubuntu. I have a relatively old HP pc which had been running pretty well with Windows 10 - until a huge Microsoft automatic "upgrade" in December basically rendered my pc useless. I had their online remote diagnostics and supervised reinstallation of Windows, but all to no avail. It just kept crashing. Now I am back up and running with Ubuntu. Everything works and it is stable Thank you to you and all the Ubuntu community. Best wishes Hamish On 06/02/18 21:21, Christopher M. Penalver wrote: > Hamish Birchall, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu > better. > > 1) Did this start to happen after an update? > > 2) Could you please capture the details of a failed boot following > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot ? > > ** Tags added: bios-outdated-5.63 > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1743165 Title: Boot up sometimes doesn't work Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I'm hoping it is included in the xorg report. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-108.131-generic 4.4.98 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-108-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0' .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: "" .proc.driver.nvidia.version: NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.135 Tue Jan 17 15:26:26 PST 2017 GCC version: gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.5) .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Sat Jan 13 19:21:17 2018 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical GraphicsCard: NVIDIA Corporation C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] [10de:03d0] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company C61 [GeForce 6150SE nForce 430] [103c:2a72] InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-01-05 (8 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dx2450 Microtower PC ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-108-generic root=UUID=5397355c-057e-45d8-a2f2-9565b5978588 ro recovery nomodeset SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/03/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: 5.19 dmi.board.name: 2A72h dmi.board.vendor: OEM_MB dmi.board.version: 3.02 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC8486RC1 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr5.19:bd11/03/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdx2450MicrotowerPC:pvr:rvnOEM_MB:rn2A72h:rvr3.02:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dx2450 Microtower PC dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1~16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~16.04.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~16.04.2 version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers-* N/A version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Sat Jan 13 14:35:29 2018 xserver.configfile: default xserver.devices: input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 input Dell Dell USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 8 input Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) MOUSE, id 9 xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.outputs: xserver.version: 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2~16.04.1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1743165/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
