[conspire] Daniel G - can't boot iMac after pushing power button instead of button for cd-rom tray

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Those messages are harmless. Sounds like X.org is suddenly having trouble
starting up. You should see more details of this if you switch to virtual
console #8 with ctrl-alt-F8. If nothing there sheds any light on why X
isn't coming up on virtual console #7, go to virtual console #2, and log
in. Then see whether there are any clues in /var/log/Xorg.0.log, where
error lines will have "EE" near the beginning. I seem to recall having a
similar problem at one point on the iBook, but I don't remember anything
about the details or how I fixed it, only that it was simpler than I
initially made it out to be, and that it involved a lot of rebooting. I
will not be at CABAL this weekend, but hope to make it to the SVLUG
installfest the following weekend.

On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:38:07 -0800, Darlene Wallach wrote:

> Daniel,
> 
> Ubuntu was booted, I had a few terminal windows open. I went to
> put a cd in the tray but hit the power button instead of the
> button on the cd-rom tray.
> 
> Now, Ubuntu will not boot up. I'm getting a console with the
> following:
> Loading, please wait...
> insmod: can't read 
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/console/bitblit.ko' 
> : No such file or directory
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/console/font.ko' : 
> No such file or directory
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/console/tileblit.ko' 
> : No such file or directory
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/console/fbcon.ko' : 
> No such file or directory
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/cfbcopyarea.ko' : 
> No such file or directory
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/cfbfillrect.ko' : 
> No such file or directory
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/cfbimgblt.ko' : No 
> such file or directory
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/csoftcursor.ko' : 
> No such file or directory
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/vgastate.ko' : No 
> such file or directory
> '/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-powerpc/kernel/drivers/video/vga16fb.ko' : No 
> such file or directory
> 
> It hangs here.
> 
> I tried using the Ubuntu CD - rescue-powerpc. It gave me a shell
> and I don't know what I should do in the shell.
> 
> Do I need to install from scratch?
> 
> Do you have any suggestions?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Darlene