Maybe the answer is to simply delete the partition and load Kubuntu directly. But I'd like to ask for some help first please.
I loaded Ubuntu on a 1GB drive that already had WinXP on it. I then loaded the KDE desktop over that. All has worked well for the last couple weeks to the point I find I prefer Kubuntu to WinXP...but I need to keep the WinXP.
Today, I booted up and things didn't work right. The splash screen for Kubuntu began loading, some text flashed way to quick to recognize anything, then I'm dumped to a terminal screen.
It read:
I logged in, then the next text comes up reading:
Text from the file reads:
CPU is a Pentium 4 - 3.0 GHz with hyperthreading in a Gateway motherboard. I checked the BIOS, but don't see anything unusual.
About the only thing that has changed in the last day was trying to run Gnupg.
Also, when it boots, it doesn't boot up into Kubuntu, but boots into Ubuntu.
Ideas? Suggestions? I'm new to Linux, but from what I see, I'd like to make this work.
Thanks in advance.
Chris
I loaded Ubuntu on a 1GB drive that already had WinXP on it. I then loaded the KDE desktop over that. All has worked well for the last couple weeks to the point I find I prefer Kubuntu to WinXP...but I need to keep the WinXP.
Today, I booted up and things didn't work right. The splash screen for Kubuntu began loading, some text flashed way to quick to recognize anything, then I'm dumped to a terminal screen.
It read:
* Setting sensors limits
Ubuntu 10.10 Dad ttyl (Dad being the name of the computer.)
Dad login:
Ubuntu 10.10 Dad ttyl (Dad being the name of the computer.)
Dad login:
Your CPU appears to be lacking expected security protections. Please check your BIOS settings, or for more nformation, run:
/usr/bin/check-bios-nx --verbose
/usr/bin/check-bios-nx --verbose
#!/bin/sh
# Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Canonical, Ltd.
# License: GPLv3
# Authors:
# Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>
# Steve Beattie <steve.beattie@canonical.com>
# Jamie Strandboge <jamie@ubuntu.com>
#
# Attempts to determine if the running x86-based CPU has NX capabilities
# (regardless of it being disabled by the BIOS). If the CPU is NX-capable
# but the nx bit is missing from flags, exit 1 (i.e. "BIOS settings need
# changing"), otherwise exit 0 (i.e. "nothing wrong with BIOS")
#
# lacks NX:
# not pae:
# cpu family <= 5
# cpu family > 6 && cpu family < 15
# cpu family == 6, model <= 12
# pae, cpu family == 6, model == 13 (excepting some sSpec?)
# http://processorfinder.intel.com/Lis...942&SearchKey=
# has NX:
# http://processorfinder.intel.com/Default.aspx
# pae, cpu family == 6, model >= 14
# pae, cpu family == 15, model >= 3
# pae, cpu family > 15
#
# Thanks to Steve and Jamie for the awk and shell overhaul!
set -e
export LANG=C
usage() {
echo "Usage: $0 [options]"
echo ""
echo "Options:"
echo " -h, --help show this help message and exit"
echo " --verbose Explain in detail what has been detected"
}
VERBOSE=
TEMP=$(getopt -o h --long verbose,help -n check-bios-nx -- "$@")
eval set -- "$TEMP"
while :; do
case "$1" in
-h|--help) usage ; exit 0 ;;
--verbose) VERBOSE=1; shift ;;
--) shift ; break ;;
*) usage >&2 ; exit 2 ;;
esac
done
export VERBOSE
awk -f - ${CHECK_BIOS_NX_CPUINFO:-/proc/cpuinfo} <<EOF
function verbose(message)
{
if (length(ENVIRON["VERBOSE"]) != 0)
print message > "/dev/stderr"
}
BEGIN {
arch = ENVIRON["CHECK_BIOS_NX_MACHINE"]
if (length(arch) == 0) {
"uname -m" | getline arch
}
if (match(arch, "^(i.86|x86_64)$") == 0) {
verbose("This script is currently only useful on x86-based CPUs")
skip_end = 1
exit(0)
}
FS=": "
family = -1
model = -1
flags = ""
has_nx = 0
has_pae = 0
}
family == -1 && /^cpu family\t/ { family = \$2 }
model == -1 && /^model\t/ { model = \$2 }
flags == "" && /^flags\t/ { flags = \$2 }
END {
if (skip_end == 1)
exit(0)
if (flags == "") {
# No flags found (?!), fail open
verbose("No 'flags' were found for this CPU. Check /proc/cpuinfo contents.")
exit(1)
}
split(flags, cpuflags, " ")
for (i in cpuflags) {
if (cpuflags[i] ~ /^pae$/)
has_pae = 1
if (cpuflags[i] ~ /^nx$/)
has_nx = 1
}
if (has_nx) {
# If it's in the flags, it's not being disabled by the BIOS; rejoice.
verbose("This CPU has nx in the flags, so the BIOS is not disabling it.")
exit(0)
}
if (has_pae == 0) {
# No PAE, correct to lack nx
verbose("This CPU is not PAE capable, so it does not have NX.")
exit(0)
}
if (family == -1 || model == -1) {
# Cannot identify CPU, fail open
verbose("No model or family were found for this CPU. Check /proc/cpuinfo")
exit(1)
}
if ((family == 6) && (model >= 14) ||
(family == 15) && (model >= 3) ||
(family > 15)) {
# NX should be available in CPU, but missing from flags
verbose(sprintf("This CPU is family %s, model %s, and has NX capabilities but is unable to", family, model))
verbose("use these protective features because the BIOS is configured to disable")
verbose("the capability. Please enable this in your BIOS. For more details, see:")
verbose("https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/CPUFeatures")
exit 1
}
# NX not available in CPU
verbose(sprintf("This CPU is family %s, model %s, and does not have NX capabilities.", family, model))
exit(0)
}
EOF
# Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Canonical, Ltd.
# License: GPLv3
# Authors:
# Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>
# Steve Beattie <steve.beattie@canonical.com>
# Jamie Strandboge <jamie@ubuntu.com>
#
# Attempts to determine if the running x86-based CPU has NX capabilities
# (regardless of it being disabled by the BIOS). If the CPU is NX-capable
# but the nx bit is missing from flags, exit 1 (i.e. "BIOS settings need
# changing"), otherwise exit 0 (i.e. "nothing wrong with BIOS")
#
# lacks NX:
# not pae:
# cpu family <= 5
# cpu family > 6 && cpu family < 15
# cpu family == 6, model <= 12
# pae, cpu family == 6, model == 13 (excepting some sSpec?)
# http://processorfinder.intel.com/Lis...942&SearchKey=
# has NX:
# http://processorfinder.intel.com/Default.aspx
# pae, cpu family == 6, model >= 14
# pae, cpu family == 15, model >= 3
# pae, cpu family > 15
#
# Thanks to Steve and Jamie for the awk and shell overhaul!
set -e
export LANG=C
usage() {
echo "Usage: $0 [options]"
echo ""
echo "Options:"
echo " -h, --help show this help message and exit"
echo " --verbose Explain in detail what has been detected"
}
VERBOSE=
TEMP=$(getopt -o h --long verbose,help -n check-bios-nx -- "$@")
eval set -- "$TEMP"
while :; do
case "$1" in
-h|--help) usage ; exit 0 ;;
--verbose) VERBOSE=1; shift ;;
--) shift ; break ;;
*) usage >&2 ; exit 2 ;;
esac
done
export VERBOSE
awk -f - ${CHECK_BIOS_NX_CPUINFO:-/proc/cpuinfo} <<EOF
function verbose(message)
{
if (length(ENVIRON["VERBOSE"]) != 0)
print message > "/dev/stderr"
}
BEGIN {
arch = ENVIRON["CHECK_BIOS_NX_MACHINE"]
if (length(arch) == 0) {
"uname -m" | getline arch
}
if (match(arch, "^(i.86|x86_64)$") == 0) {
verbose("This script is currently only useful on x86-based CPUs")
skip_end = 1
exit(0)
}
FS=": "
family = -1
model = -1
flags = ""
has_nx = 0
has_pae = 0
}
family == -1 && /^cpu family\t/ { family = \$2 }
model == -1 && /^model\t/ { model = \$2 }
flags == "" && /^flags\t/ { flags = \$2 }
END {
if (skip_end == 1)
exit(0)
if (flags == "") {
# No flags found (?!), fail open
verbose("No 'flags' were found for this CPU. Check /proc/cpuinfo contents.")
exit(1)
}
split(flags, cpuflags, " ")
for (i in cpuflags) {
if (cpuflags[i] ~ /^pae$/)
has_pae = 1
if (cpuflags[i] ~ /^nx$/)
has_nx = 1
}
if (has_nx) {
# If it's in the flags, it's not being disabled by the BIOS; rejoice.
verbose("This CPU has nx in the flags, so the BIOS is not disabling it.")
exit(0)
}
if (has_pae == 0) {
# No PAE, correct to lack nx
verbose("This CPU is not PAE capable, so it does not have NX.")
exit(0)
}
if (family == -1 || model == -1) {
# Cannot identify CPU, fail open
verbose("No model or family were found for this CPU. Check /proc/cpuinfo")
exit(1)
}
if ((family == 6) && (model >= 14) ||
(family == 15) && (model >= 3) ||
(family > 15)) {
# NX should be available in CPU, but missing from flags
verbose(sprintf("This CPU is family %s, model %s, and has NX capabilities but is unable to", family, model))
verbose("use these protective features because the BIOS is configured to disable")
verbose("the capability. Please enable this in your BIOS. For more details, see:")
verbose("https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/CPUFeatures")
exit 1
}
# NX not available in CPU
verbose(sprintf("This CPU is family %s, model %s, and does not have NX capabilities.", family, model))
exit(0)
}
EOF
About the only thing that has changed in the last day was trying to run Gnupg.
Also, when it boots, it doesn't boot up into Kubuntu, but boots into Ubuntu.
Ideas? Suggestions? I'm new to Linux, but from what I see, I'd like to make this work.
Thanks in advance.
Chris
It was way after my bedtime and I meant 1 TB.
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