for the Linux experts, WINE problem

**Tellos Athenaios** · 05-06-2010, 11:11

Hmm. That might mean I could play EB on my desktop & new laptop (2.13Ghz Core i3, but more RAM and probably slightly faster graphics from the 4570) too ...

**caravel** · 05-06-2010, 11:38

Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios

Hmm. That might mean I could play EB on my desktop & new laptop (2.13Ghz Core i3, but more RAM and probably slightly faster graphics from the 4570) too ...

Yes, I think you should give it a go.

**Husar** · 05-11-2010, 15:53

Ok, yesterday my notebook overheated I think(well, it just turned itself off) and today Ubuntu won't boot anymore, it just shows the boot screen but doesn't go any further, my USB stick with an old Ubuntu version somehow drops me in a Bash console on both computers instead of starting as it used to. Is there any way I can repair it or would you advise me to reinstall everything (again....)?
Might try a different distro in the latter case, but one that doesn't require me to use the console to get the basics working and install programs might be useful(unless the commands are simple.

Oh yeah, not going to that Linux "course" because it would take too much time, unfortunately, I have more important subjects that have to be a priority now.

**caravel** · 05-11-2010, 16:34

Originally Posted by Husar

Ok, yesterday my notebook overheated I think(well, it just turned itself off) and today Ubuntu won't boot anymore, it just shows the boot screen but doesn't go any further, my USB stick with an old Ubuntu version somehow drops me in a Bash console on both computers instead of starting as it used to. Is there any way I can repair it or would you advise me to reinstall everything (again....)?

I'm not sure I follow you... You also have a previous version on bootable removable media and that won't load X either? Have you tried booting a live session from the livecd? If that doesn't load up X then you may have some hardware problems. If it's not a hardware issue and you can get to a terminal then it can be fixed. I'm not really willing to go into great detail because:

Originally Posted by Husar

Might try a different distro in the latter case, but one that doesn't require me to use the console to get the basics working and install programs might be useful(unless the commands are simple.

That's up to you, but you won't get anywhere fast if you are unwilling to use the terminal from the start.

Assuming it's not hardware, you should be able to find help on this at ubuntuforums.org

**Husar** · 05-11-2010, 17:03

Yes, I have Ubuntu 9.04 or so, the last before 9.10, on a USB stick and that only gets me to a terminal when I use it as a live "CD", but it does the same on my Windows computer which is still working otherwise so I suspect something is wrong with the Ubuntu on that stick.

I'm willing to use the terminal but it never got me anywhere fast so far because it usually takes me hours of searching the internet to find the right commands to do something, if I find them at all, if not it's just one more thing I can't get to work but spent an hour trying.

If I wanted to fix the installation using the terminal that my live "CD" always gets me to I guess that would be a nightmare, starting with figuring out why exactly it's not booting in the first place(although, maybe there is a way to tell, Linux used to show this list of things it did on startup after all). I was just thinking maybe there is a self-check or something that repairs possibly corrupted files or entries.

**caravel** · 05-11-2010, 17:24

Can you boot from an actual livecd of karmic or whatever version you intend to use?

Re: the OS installed on your hard disk, what happens exactly when it tries to boot? Do you see any error messages? If it hangs on the bootsplash (I think Ubuntu uses usplash or similar be default since karmic), can you CTRL+ALT+F1 to a tty? If you cannot then the "recovery mode" from the grub boot loader will be your next step. This should (if my memory serves me correctly) drop you to a root terminal (great security!) from which you can check logs and run fsck etc.

**Husar** · 05-11-2010, 18:13

Yes, it hangs on that splash screen, fills five dots with red colour, then hangs.
The key combo does absolutely nothing, do I get to the bootloader via a live CD or an earlier key combo?

And by the way, when i press the power button it does the normal shutdown splash screen which seems to work just fine, but the power button is apparently the only button it shows a reaction to.