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Ubuntu: No resume image, doing normal boot


   Jun 10

Ubuntu: No resume image, doing normal boot

So I guess I will be doing more Linux (Ubuntu specifically) desktop posts because I now have Ubuntu as my primary desktop OS with Windows XP running virtually in VirtualBox.

My latest issue had to do with trying to get my audio working correctly so I could do Camtasia Studio recordings in VirtualBox. After changing some audio settings in Alsamixer I was presented with this terminal message upon reboot (i.e. it never made it to the desktop sign-in):

Loading, pease wait...
Kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/disk/by-uuid/3c7a8f65-b709-494a-92f1-318a38220def)= sda5(8,5)
kinit: No resume image, doing normal boot...

Then it just stopped there without taking me to the gnome desktop login. After fishing around I realized I could simply type “startx” to get to the GUI login, but that wasn’t an optimal solution because it wouldn’t allow me to switch users while in the GUI side (i.e. for updates it likes to switch to super user).

So then I found a launchpad.net posting that recommended the following and it fixed the issue for me:

# su (then type in ur password)
# sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
# reboot

Now it boots into the gnome GUI login window just fine!

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5 Comments


  1. Mike Evans says:
    June 19, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    Welcome to the dark side… Glad you gave VirtualBox a whirl. I tried VMWare and it just seemed to be a little slow. VirtualBox seems so much more responsive.

  2. Mike Evans says:
    June 19, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    Oh BTW 2 of my favorite little tricks I’ve learned with Ubuntu…

    1. When looking at a directory/folder whatever you wanna call it. Click on View on the menu bar then View as List. You will then see all the subfolders get a little triangle in front of them. Click on the triangle and the contents are displayed as a list, indented under the folder name. Way handy.

    2. This works on the desktop not sure if it does in folders. Put a MP3 file on the desktop. Now (with speakers turned up) move the mouse pointer over the file, leave it there but don’t click. It should start playing! Move the mouse away and it quits. It’s like a preview option. I’m guessing that it works for other audio files. Haven’t tried it though.

  3. aaronbartell says:
    June 19, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    >Put a MP3 file on the desktop. Now (with speakers turned up) move the mouse pointer over the file, leave it there but don’t click. It should start playing!

    Yeah, I found that one out by accident. At first I was like “where in the heck did that come from!” :-)

    Another trick I found is using the Host key (i.e. Right Control) to switch back to Ubuntu from VirtualBox Windows XP. So what I do is RightControl then Alt+Tab to quickly go from WDSC/Outlook (which is in VirtualBox) and go back to my TN5250j session in Ubuntu. Works great!

  4. Narayan says:
    August 14, 2009 at 6:06 am

    Thanks it really helped me

  5. expate98 says:
    February 28, 2010 at 7:16 pm

    Thanks man – that did the trick for me

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