I have tried 'boot-repair' in normal and advanced mode and have tried reinstalling grub via sudo grub-install /dev/sda1 (then sda2, and finally simply sda). All of these approaches have reported 'success' in bash/terminal etc - but none have actually solved my problem. Actually I'm wondering where my 'working' grub is actually installed. I have a UEFI machine which originally came with Windows 8. On installing Ubuntu I did what was necessary to allow Ubuntu 14.04 to be installed successfully instead of Windows, and have 3 partitions: sda1 is allegedly my boot partition (Fat 32), sda2 my main partition and finally there is a sda3 - for Linux-Swap. I suppose it is possible I have two grubs installed, one in sda1 and the other in sda2. Is it possible that a delay in reaching the 'working' grub (say in sda2) is provoking the 'no symbol table found' error in Ubuntu 16.10? I wonder what would happen if I deleted partition sda1, expanded sda2 into its space and then tried boot-repair via usb? Or maybe kept all 3 partitions but converted sda1 to ext4. However, I'm reluctant to risk these approaches for fear of not being able to recover my system.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633839 Title: No symbol table. Press any key to continue Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Ubuntu 16.10. shows "error: no symbol table. Press any key to continue..." after Kernel boot and before login screen. After pressing a key or waiting a few seconds, the boot process continues and login screen appears. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: linux-image-4.8.0-22-generic 4.8.0-22.24 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: xxxx 7722 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sun Oct 16 13:25:22 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=9d3bac9d-90f6-4fb6-ba39-e08ea2c3aa19 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-28 (1083 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1) MachineType: LENOVO 23255B2 ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-22-generic root=UUID=3b21f524-fe80-4ab0-8b84-c03e44abcd8b ro elevator=deadline RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.8.0-22-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.8.0-22-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.161 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-16 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/03/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: G2ETA6WW (2.66 ) dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available dmi.board.name: 23255B2 dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Defined dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CS0000023589 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG2ETA6WW(2.66):bd03/03/2016:svnLENOVO:pn23255B2:pvrThinkPadX230:rvnLENOVO:rn23255B2:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 23255B2 dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X230 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1633839/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
