I've installed Ubuntu server 10.04 and then installed Gnome desktop on top of it, because I am new to Linux and its command line, I need the GUI desktop to help me get around. However, the problem I got is that the server doesn't boot into the GUI desktop when powered on. It's booting into a shell like this:
Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the
system wait long enought?)
- check root= (did the
system wait for the right device?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! /dev/mapper/cecdata-root does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
BusyBox v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1ubuntu11) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs)
result of (cat /proc/cmdline)
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-server root=/dev/mapper/cecdata-root ro quiet
Then I have
type "exit" to exit the shell and then it boots into Gnome. Any idea what's wrong?
Edit: add output for the following commands
wt@cecdata:~$ ls /dev/mapper/
cecdata-root cecdata-swap_1 control
wt@cecdata:~$ fdisk -l
wt@cecdata:~$
wt@cecdata:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file
system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/dev/mapper/cecdata-root / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=1635be41-d025-405e-b4a3-6f0abedb7aab /boot ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/mapper/cecdata-swap_1 none swap sw 0 0
wt@cecdata:~$
Adding output for lsmod
wt@cecdata:~$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
fbcon 39270 71
tileblit 2487 1 fbcon
font 8053 1 fbcon
bitblit 5811 1 fbcon
softcursor 1565 1 bitblit
dell_wmi 2177 0
dcdbas 6918 0
vga16fb 12757 1
vgastate 9857 1 vga16fb
psmouse 64576 0
serio_raw 4950 0
power_meter 9473 0
bnx2 72874 0
lp 9336 0
parport 37160 1 lp
mptsas 50592 2
usbhid 41116 0
mptscsih 37167 1 mptsas
hid 83568 1 usbhid
mptbase 91674 2 mptsas,mptscsih
scsi_transport_sas 33021 1 mptsas
