Failsafe does not work

[ejvwaasdijk]

Yesterday I installed Rosa Marathon. The insstall progrma does not read the names in the Home diriceory likke Mandriva did. So I got the wrong name. I tried to cange this, but messed things. I could no longer start KDE. Some files were not writeable. So I started "failsafe". This option looked like "linux-nonfb" and did not end with a login screen in text format, but tried to start KDE that did not work. So the whole "failsafe" turned out to be useless. To remedy this problem I did another clean install with a formatted home partition. (Long live Backup dirives togehter with Ubuntu live CDl!!! The Rosa live option was too slow to be useable.)

I hope these problems will be remedied soon. After all this is a LTS version!

Greetings,

E. J. van Waasdijk.

[PastorDi]

What on the equipment you started ROSA2012LTS?

[ejvwaasdijk]

Dear PastorDi,

thank you for your reply. It is not clear to me what you want to know. English is my second language. I you mean my hardware:

[root@localhost ~]# lshw
localhost.localdomain
description: Desktop Computer
product: System Product Name (To Be Filled By O.E.M.)
vendor: System manufacturer
version: System Version
serial: System Serial Number
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=1 family=To Be Filled By O.E.M. sku=To Be Filled By O.E.M. uuid=E06A314D-71B8-DD11-9FD2-002354CDCE0D
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: P5KPL-AM SE
vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
physical id: 0
version: X.0x
serial: MT708BK05520594
slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 0311
date: 10/30/2008
size: 64KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.3.4
serial: 0000-0F34-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: Socket 775
size: 3GHz
capacity: 3800MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe constant_tsc pebs bts pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl cid xtpr
configuration: id=1
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1-Cache
size: 16KiB
capacity: 16KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2-Cache
size: 1MiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: internal write-back unified
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.1
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 1.2
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 23
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DDR2 Synchronous 667 MHz (1,5 ns)
product: PartNum0
vendor: Manufacturer0
physical id: 0
serial: SerNum0
slot: DIMM A1
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
*-bank:1
description: DIMM [empty]
product: PartNum1
vendor: Manufacturer1
physical id: 1
serial: SerNum1
slot: DIMM B1
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 10
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 10
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:fd000000-feafffff ioport:de000000(size=301989888)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: GT218 [GeForce 210]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a2
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:fd000000-fdffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff memory:de000000-dfffffff ioport:dc00(size=128) memory:fea00000-fea7ffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.1
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:feafc000-feafffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
resources: irq:44 memory:fcffc000-fcffffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:40000000-401fffff ioport:40200000(size=2097152)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:feb00000-febfffff ioport:fbf00000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:23:54ce:0d
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.178.30 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:43 ioport:e800(size=256) memory:fbfff000-fbffffff memory:fbfe0000-fbfeffff memory:febf0000-febfffff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:c480(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:c800(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:c880(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:cc00(size=32)
*-usb:4
description: USB controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:fcffbc00-fcffbfff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: e1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:ffa0(size=16)
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: CDDVDW SH-S222A
vendor: TSSTcorp
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: SB02
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: N10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi2
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:c400(size=8) ioport:c080(size=4) ioport:c000(size=8) ioport:bc00(size=4) ioport:b880(size=16)
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD3200JD-22K
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 08.0
serial: WD-WCAMR1773383
size: 298GiB (320GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=1f63fb2c
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 1.0
serial: bd58f911-ab43-4c12-948c-31d701f1dd50
size: 9538MiB
capacity: 9538MiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2012-04-27 17:05:21 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-05-30 01:15:10 mounted=2012-05-30 01:17:58 state=clean
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 238GiB
capacity: 238GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 1906MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
capacity: 27GiB
*-logicalvolume:2
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 7
logical name: /dev/sda7
capacity: 9993MiB
*-logicalvolume:3
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 8
logical name: /dev/sda8
capacity: 48GiB
*-logicalvolume:4
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 9
logical name: /dev/sda9
capacity: 9536MiB
*-logicalvolume:5
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: a
logical name: /dev/sda10
capacity: 37GiB
*-logicalvolume:6
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: b
logical name: /dev/sda11
capacity: 13GiB
*-logicalvolume:7
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: c
logical name: /dev/sda12
capacity: 26GiB
*-logicalvolume:8
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: d
logical name: /dev/sda13
logical name: /
capacity: 14GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted
*-logicalvolume:9
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: e
logical name: /dev/sda14
logical name: /home
capacity: 31GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=i801_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:400(size=32)
*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@5:8
logical name: scsi4
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@5:2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:0e:2e:f1:38:c0
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rt73usb driverversion=3.0.28-nrj-desktop-2rosa.lts firmware=1.7 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
[root@localhost ~]#

I do not know what is relevant, and what not.

As for the menu.lst, at installation I got this:

title linux
kernel (hd0,12)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=5882d78f-1f77-44ba-b256-2405f2176225 nokmsboot logo.nologo quiet resume=UUID=9c1ff77a-d90e-4bbd-be22-6812e86b4331 splash=silent vga=788
root (hd0,12)
initrd /boot/initrd.img

title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,12)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=5882d78f-1f77-44ba-b256-2405f2176225 nokmsboot resume=UUID=9c1ff77a-d90e-4bbd-be22-6812e86b4331
root (hd0,12)
initrd /boot/initrd.img

title failsafe
kernel (hd0,12)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=5882d78f-1f77-44ba-b256-2405f2176225 nokmsboot failsafe
root (hd0,12)
initrd /boot/initrd.img

I hope you can find out what is wrong.

Greetings,

Erik Jan.