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Elisey Ozerov
Asked: 2016-11-13 09:28:15 +0800 CST

Problem with booting (computer boots weirdly)

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I've downloaded and burned the .iso file from Ubuntu page (Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS), and burned it on USB with Rufus.

Now, I've already had Ubuntu installed, but because of this problem, I thought I'd reinstall it directly by Ubuntu instructions, since I didn't for the first time.

I've also reset the CMOS settings to default, I thought maybe something I've done on the PC while messing with themes and installing lots of stuff via terminal may've messed up with BIOS.

Now, I went through this procedure when installing:

  1. Try Ubuntu (I didn't install immediately, but through try mode)
  2. Install Ubuntu
  3. Download updates and third party apps
  4. Erase disk and install Ubuntu

And then all the other misc stuff (date, place, login info etc). I also set it to log me in automatically (no password).

When I rebooted the PC, I normally booted it from the HDD. But the thing is, the boot is super weird. It takes about 50 sec to boot.

This is how it goes:

  1. Purple screen
  2. Screen power saving mode
  3. Black screen with something written in the top left corner (/dev/sda1 something, I also noticed the word "clean")
  4. Ubuntu load screen
  5. Black screen (I think)
  6. Instant load of desktop (w/o animations, desktop just shows up)

I don't think this is how it's supposed to boot, is it?

What do you think about the issue? And how should I fix it?

edit - SPECS

Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250, 3.00 GHz
RAM: 2x 4gb DDR3
Motherboard: MSI 770-C45 (MS-7599)
GC: NVIDIA Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2)

*edit*2 - BOOT TIMES

10.971s apparmor.service
6.207s ModemManager.service
5.117s accounts-daemon.service
4.990s dev-sda1.device
4.982s snapd.firstboot.service
3.130s networking.service
3.035s systemd-logind.service
2.809s console-setup.service
2.779s NetworkManager.service
2.727s pppd-dns.service
2.469s avahi-daemon.service
2.186s gpu-manager.service
2.091s polkitd.service
1.873s lightdm.service
1.784s apport.service
1.530s grub-common.service
1.476s systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
1.417s plymouth-start.service
1.326s systemd-journal-flush.service
1.132s plymouth-quit-wait.service
1.128s systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
1.103s colord.service
1.061s systemd-journald.service

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1 Answers

  1. The black screens are due to changes in resolution and often times also created by changing graphics drivers.

    Plus as you choose on installation your system logs in automatically, hence no login screen.

    Seems everything is fine.

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