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[Roy]

Andrew,

If you have a wired keyboard with three LEDs, do the LEDs flash, that 
indicates a kernel panic?

It looks like the kernel was able to mount the root filesystem because 
the messages mention udisksd.

Does pressing the enter key scroll the screen, if so the system is not 
locked up?

Can you get a console login prompt if you press Ctl-Alt-F2?

Getting logged in at all would be good.

Regards,

Roy Bamford.




On 06/11/2020 13:37, Andrew Ramage wrote:
> The computer starts to boot an comes up with the GRUB screen.  Leaving 
> it to boot into Linux, The boot-up process stops with messages 
> flashing onn the screen.   This is being written on my emergency 
> Windoze machine, so I shall try to copy the messages, but they are 
> flashing so rapidly I may not be able to.
>
> Messages:
> [ 2539.215331 ] INFO: task udisksd: 1001 blocked for more than 120 seconds
> [ 2539.215478 ]     Not tainted 4.15.0-122 generic #124-Ubuntu
> [ 2539.215591 ] "echo 0>/proc/sys/kernal/hhung_task_timneout_secs" 
> disables this message
> [ 2901.876803 ] INFO: task udisksd:1001 blocked nfor mpore thaqn 120 
> seconds
> [ 2901.876821 ]  Not tainted 4.15.0-122 generic #124-Ubuntu
> [ 3143.654967 ] "echo 0>/proc/sys/kernal/hhung_task_timneout_secs" 
> disables this message
>
> There are a couple of more pairs like this but I am unwilling to try 
> to copy them.
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Nov 2020 at 10:49, Thomas Kluyver <thomas at kluyver.me.uk 
> <mailto:thomas at kluyver.me.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Andrew,
>
>     I think people are going to need a bit more detail to provide
>     advice. What kind of computer is it? Desktop or laptop? Where does
>     it go wrong? Does anything happen when you press the power button?
>     Are there any error messages?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Thomas
>
>     On Fri, 6 Nov 2020, at 10:11, Andrew Ramage wrote:
>>     My main computer has stopped working.  It is not booting up and
>>     this is being written on a ChromeBook I purchased for £50.  Does
>>     anyone have any advice on getting my main machine working again ?
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