[Silvan]

If you fell into a recently seen problem after a kernel upgrade which shows as a kernel error on a black screen, try pressing CTRL-ALT-F2 then CTRL-ALT-F1 to get back to the desktop, then if network works, do a system upgrade and reboot.

[Silvan]

Anch’io ho provato e mi sembra che funzioni, ho creato una discussione e poi l’ho cancellata.

[Silvan]

Hi Tweedle,

yes the bootusb instructions need to be rewritten since 2.0pre3, thank you for reporting.

BTW if you have a working installation of openmamba 2.0pre3 the easiest way to make a live USB pendrive is by using the “usbinstall” tool that you find in the applications menu under System -> openmamba.

[Silvan]

There are no preset passwords in openmamba, normally when this happens it’s because of a bug in desktop environment startup. You can press CTRL-ALT-F2 to access a console where you can set a password but that won’t fix the problem. The cause of the problem might be visible in /root/.xsession-errors or you can generate a detailed report by running the command openmamba-makereport and then send the output file to reports@openmamba.org for us to examine it. Regards.

[Silvan]

So the problem must be elsewhere. You can start the system in debug mode and take a snapshot of the last messages by following these instructions:

http://wiki.openmamba.org/en/index.php/Problems_when_the_system_starts

Have you configured in the box a combination of IDE and SATA drives? This may issue a known problem in the root= kernel parameter, so you also can try with different root= boot options. Anyway we can diagnose this by looking at the debug messages as said above.

[Silvan]

I’ve successfully installed the latest snapshot (20100719) under VirtualBox. The box is configured with an IDE Controller PIIX4, maybe you set up a SATA or SCSI controller?

[Silvan]

I’m going to test a VirtualBox installation to see and fix this as this problem should happen independently from hardware.

[Silvan]

I’ve seen in past such problems with combinations of IDE/SATA disks, is that your situation? Can you provide the installation log that is called /var/log/install*.log and is in the installed openmamba partition? You may attach it here or more privately to reports<at>openmamba<dot>org. Thanks.

[Silvan]

I don’t have a solution yet, but can you check if you get sound from headphones?

[Silvan]

Please use the attached script that fixes a small but blocking error in the previous version. I would use the devel mailing list if the discussion is about technical details that are not so interesting and comprehensible for most users. For more general and less technical description of your experience you can go on posting in this discussion, in my opinion.

[Silvan]

The upgrade procedure is currently at EXPERIMENTAL level.

The attached script may be used for the purpose but hasn’t been tested ultimately on real installations yet. Anyway as a developer you may want to try it and report any problem you might have.

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