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Alexander Engelhardt
Asked: 2010-11-21 02:05:37 +0800 CST

Hangs up while booting after editing grub.cfg

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My Lucid install won't boot properly anymore. I can boot the computer with a USB-stick-ubuntu and edit settings. I have edited grub.cfg to not boot "quiet splash" and changed the default runlevel to 1.

When continuing to boot from the recovery menu, I get this line:

init: rsyslog main process ended, respawning.

I did a aptitude reinstall rsyslog, which changed nothing. Does someone have an idea where to continue searching for the cause?

Thanks in advance,

10.04 boot rsyslog

1 Answers

  1. The primary configuration file for changing menu display settings is /etc/default/grub. Configuration changes are normally made to /etc/default/grub and to the custom files located in /etc/grub.d.

    The /boot/grub/grub.cfg file should not be edited by the user; changes to this file are made by configuration scripts.

    grub.cfg is overwritten anytime there is an update, a kernel is added/removed, or the user runs update-grub. After editing /etc/default/grub, you need to run sudo update-grub for your changes to take effect on the next boot.

    The user can use a custom file, /etc/grub.d/40_custom, in which the user can place his own entries. This file will not be overwritten.

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