Thanks Alex I had tried 'boot-repair' to no avail, although success was reported. But I tried your solution twice by using dev/sda1 (the current efi FAT32 boot partition) and /dev/sda2 ( the main ext4 partition). Neither solved the problem although there were no error messages only 'successful' report in bash/command line. Ahem...Then I read the link you kindly supplied (!) and found I should just have used dev/sda. But unfortunately this also did not work to solve my problem, although it also reported 'success' in bash. I'm beginning to wonder if I shouldn't remove the separate FAT32 boot partition which was probably a legacy from when I first installed Ubuntu on this UEFI machine which used to run Windows, as I suspect this might be what's causing the problem. I'm fully backed up, but reluctant to go through the palava of a complete reinstall of Ubuntu if I fully borked the system by removing the separate boot partition. Ho hum... I think I'll live with the issue for the time being. Best David
On 18 October 2016 at 21:31, Alex N. <1633...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > That made me think about grub, so i reinstalled grub as described here > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing# > Reinstalling_GRUB_2_from_a_Working_System > > sudo grub-install /dev/sdX > sudo update-grub > sudo reboot > > and voila, the error message is gone. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > 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 > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1633839 Title: No symbol table. Press any key to continue To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1633839/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
