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0n 23/05/2010, my wife was checking e-mails when I left for work; she is not aware of my hibernate technique, so she shut-down using shutdown.
I wasn't too concerned about this, as I had been thinking that I should try a "proper" boot. So when I first booted the next morning, I used the normal kernel, just to see whether there would be any change. It actually booted as it should, without any lock-up (contrary to my posted bug). However, I then discovered that my network was not connected.
I tried rebooting my router & modem; this did not help.
I searched the internet for suggestion, but this also did not help.
So I decided to reboot the PC. This did not go smoothly.
Comments on the subsequent multiple boot attempts:
1. Using normal mode; this allowed me to enter my PW at the sign-on
screen, but the window then locked-up. I am not sure whether it was
this attempt or the next one where I still had a mouse & KB, but could
not initiate any action with them. (This is more or less my reported bug).
2. I then did the subsequent boots using safe mode.
3. On another boot, it got some way into the boot, then the system initiated reboot
itself.
4. It may have been one of the safe mode boots where the mouse & KB were
available, but the PC was not taking action of the clicks. In this
case, there were icons across the bottom of the screen (I don't think
that this happens in normal mode, only safe mode), including a
shut-down/restart icon. When I clicked on shut-down, it listed its 3
options (shutdown, restart, hibernate). However, when I clicked on
restart nothing happened. When I clicked ctl-alt-del or back-space,
nothing happened. I didn't try ctl-alt-F1, because I don't know what to
do on a terminal at that stage of booting.
5. The final attempt (using safe mode, selecting "run in safe mode", then selecting "start X") worked OK, with all functions (except CUPS (see bug #554172)), including the network.
I have been wondering whether my boot problems may be an "upstart" problem. Bug #554172 is pondering various start problems; I am not sure that anyone has put this "lock-up" issue into consideration there.
Regards, Garry.