bootchart installation hoses ibex

Bug #321260 reported by cddrummergo
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bootchart (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Had a wonderful running version of 8.10
intalled bootchart and now ibex will not boot.

ran
sudo apt-get install bootchart

immediately Rebooted to error message: (no other changes)
.....
running /scripts/local-top
done
begin: waiting for root file system
gave up waiting for root dev. Common problems
-boot args ( cat /proc/cmdline
-check rootdelay= (did system wait long enough?)
-check root= (did syst wait long enough?)
- missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev
ALERT /dev/disk/by-uuid/ 34232323xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx does not exist
dropping to a shell
Busy box ASH
intitramfs
_ _ blink blink

Now I have tried to use command
blkid to find the /dev but that command does not work under initramfs

I've also tried editing grub to use /dev/sda0 through 4 instead of uuid to no avail.
it never seems to find the disk.

I've also tried ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid
but initramfs states that it cannot cd into /by-uuid

Please, thanks for your help?

Recovery seems to give the same error

Does anyone know the file structure and what or where that bootchart is called and executied and/or if I can remove it in initramfs as this seems to be the only prompt I can get to.

I can however boot to older installations.

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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote : Re: [Bug 321260] [NEW] bootchart installation hoses ibex

On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 03:08 +0000, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:

> immediately Rebooted to error message: (no other changes)
> .....
> running /scripts/local-top
> done
> begin: waiting for root file system
> gave up waiting for root dev. Common problems
> -boot args ( cat /proc/cmdline
> -check rootdelay= (did system wait long enough?)
> -check root= (did syst wait long enough?)
> - missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev
> ALERT /dev/disk/by-uuid/ 34232323xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx does not exist
> dropping to a shell
> Busy box ASH
> intitramfs
> _ _ blink blink
>
It sounds like the initramfs is incomplete.

Could you run the following and provide the output

"ls scripts scripts/*"

Thanks

 status incomplete

Scott
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Changed in bootchart:
status: New → Incomplete
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cddrummergo (charlesdurando) wrote :

ok I ran ls scripts scripts/*

Output:

scripts/nfs scripts/local scripts/functions

scripts/nfs-top:
udev

scripts/local-premount:
NTFS_3g resume

scripts/local-bottom:
NTFS_3g

scripts/init-top:
all_generic_ide usplash keypad
console_setup framebuffer brltty

scripts/init-premount:
blacklist udev

scripts/init-bottom
udev

scripts:
local-premount functions local-bottom init-top nfs-top
init-bottom nfs local init-premount

Thanks any help you can give regarding this,

Charles

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cddrummergo (charlesdurando) wrote :

also IF there is supposed to be a script for bootchart, I did boot into another kernel and ran "sudo apt-get remove bootchart" sometime in the last few hours of toying around. It did not resolve the error that it started.

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cddrummergo (charlesdurando) wrote :

I also ran the command "exit" upon someone elses advice and was supposed to have added a rootdelay=150 but the machine never booted up.

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cddrummergo (charlesdurando) wrote :

BUMP

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Scott James Remnant (Canonical) (canonical-scott) wrote :

ls /dev/disk/by-uuid

at the prompt.

Unfortunately since you've made changes to your system after observing this bug, it's highly unlikely that we will be able to solve it.

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Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote :

how about updating the initrd for the intrepid kernel from another kernel?
run "sudo update-initramfs -k <your intrepid kernel version> -u"

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cddrummergo (charlesdurando) wrote : Re: [Bug 321260] Re: bootchart installation hoses ibex

actually Dimitrios, that was what I had to do, I booted into another kernel,
then ran
apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, and somehow it re-wrote the initrd for
this kernel version and magically booted. Not sure how or why, but I've got
my Ibex back. Thanks for your input.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Dimitrios Symeonidis <email address hidden>wrote:

> how about updating the initrd for the intrepid kernel from another kernel?
> run "sudo update-initramfs -k <your intrepid kernel version> -u"
>
> --
> bootchart installation hoses ibex
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/321260
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>
> Status in "bootchart" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Had a wonderful running version of 8.10
> intalled bootchart and now ibex will not boot.
>
> ran
> sudo apt-get install bootchart
>
> immediately Rebooted to error message: (no other changes)
> .....
> running /scripts/local-top
> done
> begin: waiting for root file system
> gave up waiting for root dev. Common problems
> -boot args ( cat /proc/cmdline
> -check rootdelay= (did system wait long enough?)
> -check root= (did syst wait long enough?)
> - missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev
> ALERT /dev/disk/by-uuid/ 34232323xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx does not exist
> dropping to a shell
> Busy box ASH
> intitramfs
> _ _ blink blink
>
> Now I have tried to use command
> blkid to find the /dev but that command does not work under initramfs
>
> I've also tried editing grub to use /dev/sda0 through 4 instead of uuid to
> no avail.
> it never seems to find the disk.
>
> I've also tried ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid
> but initramfs states that it cannot cd into /by-uuid
>
> Please, thanks for your help?
>
> Recovery seems to give the same error
>
> Does anyone know the file structure and what or where that bootchart is
> called and executied and/or if I can remove it in initramfs as this seems to
> be the only prompt I can get to.
>
> I can however boot to older installations.
>
>

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Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout) wrote :

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.

Changed in bootchart:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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