13.04 will not boot up after spindown

[Ric Moore]

On 05/29/2013 01:42 AM, John Sowden wrote:
> I used my 13.04 Ubuntu this morning fine.  I then stopped using it for a
> few hours.  When I tried to start it up (move mouse, press arrow keys,
> etc.) no action.  The screen is black( but on), the computer does not
> respond.  I tried to access another virtual screen (tried alt F1 and
> ctrl alt f1 (forgot which is right), no action. Powered down (pushed
> power sw for 20 sec. Then powered up: leds flashed on both dvd drives,
> heard a noise fan or hd?, no action on the screen.  I unplugged the vga
> conn. got a no signal. plugged it back in, black.  The only change to
> the 'system'  that I have made recently is to turn off the screen after
> a while and spin down the hd after a while (exact times unknown).
>

After it conks out once or twice, during boot, you should get a prompt 
to boot normally or rescue mode. Use rescue ... then pick the option to 
repair grub. Reboot and I betcha you'll be good. For whatever reason 
13.04 has pulled that on me more than once, especially after a kernel 
upgrade. Ric


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