[Bug 366217] Re: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Fails to connect to any network

2009-05-26 Thread alexlinux
I have the same problem with my Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG in a VAIO VNG-S4HP! He worked fine for the last 6 months (including after I upgrade to 9.04), until last week, when he disconnected from my network while I was using Firefox. Now he “connects” but no Internet (when I ping my router I rece

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-25 Thread alexlinux
I have the same problem... I kind of "solve" it by pressing e (when the system shows the menu with several kernel possibilities) and editing the file, making only the following change: where is "2.6.31-15-generic" write "2.6.31-14-generic" (loads the older kernel). Press Ctr x and you should be abl

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-25 Thread alexlinux
Response to #84: In the beginning of this problem I didn't have any menu at startup, the system when to the grub prompt! After following the procedure in #82 (using kernel version ...-15) I got a menu, but I wasn't able to boot (I got the kernel panic thing). The only way to boot it is explained i

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-25 Thread alexlinux
Here it goes... # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s /boot/grub/grubenv ]; then have_grubenv=true load_env fi set default="0"

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-25 Thread alexlinux
Now this is weird... I had to install some programs and now, when I boot the system, the grub menu is gone! I only get the grub prompt, but I am able to boot manually using: >linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda1 >loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro single >initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-09 Thread alexlinux
The problem is now identified, grub2 in some cases recognizes loop0 as an ext2 when is an ext4 (and so it is unable to read it properly)! But is strange how it is taken so much time to find a solution... So stay with #145 or #149 and wait. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS ht

[Bug 484799] Re: [karmic] Grub Menu Lost, need to manually mount virtual disk

2009-12-09 Thread alexlinux
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 477169 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 This bug is related with https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/477169, and you should follow the discussion there. -- [karmic] Grub Menu Lost, need to manually mount virtual disk https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-10 Thread alexlinux
Dear Fellows YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME by deleting kernels, reinstalling grub or wubi... and confusing the people with less experience. The problem has been identified (see #154) an SEVERAL WORKAROUNDS have been found... . [IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO BOOT MANUALLY IN UBUNTU see #145] WORKAROUND - 1

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-10 Thread alexlinux
give it a try and don't do nothing... reboot and if all goes well something has (finally) done his work and you can forget this thing, if not you must redo the all thing. WORKAROUND - 2 (read the entries of Mark Abene). -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-10 Thread alexlinux
jrd... look to #160 for an improved solution that uses the new kernels (as a said above, the problem is not with the new kernels)! And if ubuntu keeps with the same process of the last kernel updates, the directory ubuntu/install/boot/grub will be updated or the files will be deleted in the new up

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-05 Thread alexlinux
At least part of the problem is that grub cannot read text files coded in UTF8! I am able to boot from a grub.cfg file from another partition coded in ANSI, but if I change that file to UTF8, grub is not able to read it. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-05 Thread alexlinux
I am sorry but the conclusion of my last entry is wrong! What we can conclude is that grub is not seeing the content of the files, try cat (loop0)/boot/grub/grub.cfg, in my case it showed the content of some openoffice file! I tried cat with several files, some seem ok, but other are completely wr

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-06 Thread alexlinux
Mark... You are not helping, you are bulling people. Go away and cool down! If you want to help, find a proper solution because, for now, your "solution" sucks... -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification becaus

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-06 Thread alexlinux
HOWTO: a "workaround" (before a really fix to this bug is found) FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO BOOT UBUNTU MANUALLY (see bellow)* (1) Boot ubuntu manually and copy the file /boot/grub/grub.cfg to a pen (2) Edit the file (in the pen) with a text editor and delete the menuentry for kernel -16 and -1

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-06 Thread alexlinux
Yes, you must do step (6) to find out where windows is... -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bu

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-06 Thread alexlinux
#137 ... that it is only true in some installations... but you are right, for most of the cases you can do as in #137. Anyway, I advise to put grub.cfg in the root of the windows system partition (usually c:\). -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-06 Thread alexlinux
If all kernels become unbootable and you don't have a initrd for your system, then you are in a deep sh... that is why I advise to copy it to c:\. But you can use Live CD to access your files in the root.disk.This is how: Boot from the Live CD and at a terminal prompt, enter: (1) sudo mkdir /win (

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-07 Thread alexlinux
It isn't a problem of corruption... These files are "compiled" when the system installs a new kernel or you enter an update-grub command. It seems (?) that initrd* is not "properly compiled" but grub.cfg is... anyway when the system restarts, grub doesn't find the content of these files [you can s

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-07 Thread alexlinux
-- A RECAP -- HOWTO: a "workaround" (before a really fix to this bug is found) (1) Boot ubuntu manually [FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO BOOT UBUNTU MANUALLY (see bellow)*] (2) Check if /host is your windows directory (use Nautilus (the file manager!) and see)

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-07 Thread alexlinux
meow81 #144... Yes you can backup all these files. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@list

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-07 Thread alexlinux
Because grub was able to "figured out" that information, but in general you have to indicate grub that info for proper handling of the disks. -- Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477169 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-12-07 Thread alexlinux
A SIMPLER "SOLUTION": Enter at terminal: (1) sudo update-grub (2) sudo cp -r /boot /host (3) nano /host/boot/grub/grub.cfg (and change the line initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic to initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-16-generic [adapt to your case (h0,1) should be (hd0,2) in many ca

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-27 Thread alexlinux
Mark, WHERE is the solution for this problem, in the case Wubi, Grub 2 and kernel...-15-...? Please! For now, I am able to boot, using kernel-14, by choosing that option in the grub menu at startup. Sometimes this menu don't show up (why? I don't know!) and I follow #91 and then I enter "sudo upd

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-27 Thread alexlinux
smallbob ... Did you tried: >linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=/dev/sda5 >loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro quiet splash >initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic >boot Please check if the boot partion is sda5...? It could be sda1 (just try again with other number!). Read #9

[Bug 477169] Re: Wubi/Karmic boot: kernel panic - not synching: VFS

2009-11-28 Thread alexlinux
smallbob... I am sorry that this didn't work! For me it worked in 3 different computers... maybe the situation is not the same. You should try the Mark Abene "solution". However you can access your files using the process described in [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide#How can I access the Wubi f