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Summary:
I've done a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit from a usb stick on a Dell XPS 15z and the system is unable to boot. To me the problem appears to be that it is trying to access modules in an old kernal that is no longer on my computer. The kernal I'm using is 3.5.0-23-generic but it appears to be attempting to access 3.0.0-12-generic for modules at least. I've tried reinstalling again in the hopes that there was a simple install error but that does not appear to fix the problem.
Events Sequence:
Computer boots through BIOS, grub appears
GRUB appears to recognize correct kernal (options listed as "Ubuntu, with Linux 3.5.0-23-generic")
I adjust boot options based on instructions on XPS 15z hardware support page (I've tried acpi=noirq; acpi_backlight=vendor dell_laptop.backlight=0; or no changes at all. All of these options lead to the same error below.)
After I initiate boot, I get the errors below:
modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/modules.dep: No such file or directory
which repeats several times then is followed by
ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/d55de20a-c30e-45c3-adf4-cd411648e7aa does not exist.
Dropping to a shell!
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/modules.dep: No such file or directory
This is puzzling to me for a couple of reasons. I've tried running boot repair after booting from the usb directly (results available here), and the UUID listed in the alert statement is my actual ubuntu partition, so I don't know why it would be stated as not existing.
Does anyone have any advice on what has gone wrong or how to fix things?
Thanks
Summary:
I've done a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit from a usb stick on a Dell XPS 15z and the system is unable to boot. To me the problem appears to be that it is trying to access modules in an old kernal that is no longer on my computer. The kernal I'm using is 3.5.0-23-generic but it appears to be attempting to access 3.0.0-12-generic for modules at least. I've tried reinstalling again in the hopes that there was a simple install error but that does not appear to fix the problem.
Events Sequence:
Computer boots through BIOS, grub appears
GRUB appears to recognize correct kernal (options listed as "Ubuntu, with Linux 3.5.0-23-generic")
I adjust boot options based on instructions on XPS 15z hardware support page (I've tried acpi=noirq; acpi_backlight=vendor dell_laptop.backlight=0; or no changes at all. All of these options lead to the same error below.)
After I initiate boot, I get the errors below:
modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/modules.dep: No such file or directory
which repeats several times then is followed by
ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/d55de20a-c30e-45c3-adf4-cd411648e7aa does not exist.
Dropping to a shell!
FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/3.0.0-12-generic/modules.dep: No such file or directory
This is puzzling to me for a couple of reasons. I've tried running boot repair after booting from the usb directly (results available here), and the UUID listed in the alert statement is my actual ubuntu partition, so I don't know why it would be stated as not existing.
Does anyone have any advice on what has gone wrong or how to fix things?
Thanks