Boot issues after WUBI install

[jeremyg]

Hello, I'm pretty new to Linux.. I've tinkered with it for a couple of years but never really got into it..

This morning I decided I would install Kubuntu 11.04 on my laptop just to give it a try, I wanted to do a WUBI install so that It would be easy to manage if I decided to go with something else.

The install went fine but when I boot I was getting the blue screen with moving dots and it just did that for about 10 min.. So I decided to reboot the computer and tried it again in safe mode. It seems be stopping after CUP Print Sever.. sorry but I don't remember exactly what it says.. but I do know that the cups print server passed.. but just stops after that. Any suggestions would be great thanks
J

[SecretCode]

Simple questions: how much RAM do you have?
And how much disk space did you allocate for the wubi install?

More detailed questions:
Have you also tried booting from a Live CD and did that work OK?

[jeremyg]

Simple questions: how much RAM do you have?
And how much disk space did you allocate for the wubi install?

More detailed questions:
Have you also tried booting from a Live CD and did that work OK?

First off thanks for the response..

It has 4GB of memory and I allocated 30GB of space for it..

Just ran the disk to try it and it works fine..

[SecretCode]

From the live CD can you get onto the internet?

If so can you run lspci in a Konsole window and post the output here? ... ask for more detailed instructions if needed!

[jeremyg]

From the live CD can you get onto the internet?

If so can you run lspci in a Konsole window and post the output here? ... ask for more detailed instructions if needed!

Odd, I think the site is having issues today.. and sorry if this re post..

0:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b4)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev b4)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev b4)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
03:00.0 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e823 (rev 04)
08:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 1000

[SecretCode]

Not sure what to look at next. When you boot from a live CD, you can get onto the internet? Using your wifi? It doesn't seem to me as though hardware issues are the problem here.

I'm tempted to suggest reinstalling ...

[jeremyg]

I can re-install it again and let you know.. but when I run the live disk my wireless doesn't work. but NIC does..

[SecretCode]

A wifi card not working should not interrupt the boot process like you described. But it might prevent certain updates from being installed.

Might be worth running the re-install with the ethernet cable attached, and allowing updates to be downloaded during installation. (Which might take a while!)

Another way to find possible error messages is to boot the installation you have, and while it's stuck in the blue kubuntu . . . . . screen, press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a console screen, log in, and type dmesg. This will display the boot messages. Whether there's a useful message there or not I can't say ...

[jeremyg]

Well, I re installed it.. and it went through the entire install rebooted now im sitting at a blue load screen with a cursor, I don't know.. I might try installing an older distro and see how that goes.

*edit* - just for an update i let the machine sit there and apparently when I wasn't looking it decided to reboot, and load into windows.. I just rebooted and it came up fine..
not really sure.. but thanks for the help