[SOLVED: user's fault] Weird things after update

[turboscrew]

I let Mageia 4.1 update itself, but after the next boot I experienced some weird things.

1) in boot manu trere was now 4 alternatives
Boot Mageia 4
Boot Mageia 4 (Safe mode)
desktop 3.12.21-2.mga4
desktop 3.12.25-3.mga4
What are those?

2) When I booted, I got some funny error message that suggested
using systemctl and asked for root password
What's that all about?

3) When I gave the root password, I booted into command line.
Although 'startx' worked fine

What did the update bring into my setup?

[doktor5000]

I let Mageia 4.1 update itself, but after the next boot I experienced some weird things.

1) in boot manu trere was now 4 alternatives
Boot Mageia 4
Boot Mageia 4 (Safe mode)
desktop 3.12.21-2.mga4
desktop 3.12.25-3.mga4
What are those?

Check some of the older threads about that:
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7652
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5860

2) When I booted, I got some funny error message that suggested
using systemctl and asked for root password
What's that all about?

If you would have looked closer, it was no funny error message, but it told you that it will run an emergency shell. This happens when the boot fails for whatever reason, emergency shell is there to find out why and to fix it. IIRC it even gives you the hint to check via journalctl -xb what happened.

3) When I gave the root password, I booted into command line.
Although 'startx' worked fine

What did the update bring into my setup?

My crystal ball cannot tell that, it's a little foggy in there. Maybe you can show us the last packages that you upgraded?

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rpm -qa --last | head -150

will show the last 150 installed packages

[turboscrew]

Thanks, doctor5000.
This "Boot Mageia 4 == "Load Mageia with latest installed kernel". "
is what I wanted to be sure of.

I looke into 'journalctl -xb' but I didn't spot anything alarming there.
I wonder if the red lines are the ones to look closer?

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Sep 27 19:32:02 localhost kernel: kvm: disabled by bios

Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost mount[611]: NTFS signature is missing.
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost mount[611]: Failed to mount '/dev/sda6': Invalid argument
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost mount[611]: The device '/dev/sda6' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost mount[611]: Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost mount[611]: partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost systemd[1]: mnt-siirto.mount mount process exited, code=exited status=12
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/siirto.

Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Local File Systems.

Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Relabel all filesystems, if necessary.

Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Mark the need to relabel after reboot.

Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1062]: [pulseaudio] main.c: This program is not intended to be run as ro
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1065]: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: Failed to get D-Bus connection: Faile
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1065]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-bluez5-disco
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1065]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-bluetooth-di
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1065]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1065]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1060]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1087]: [pulseaudio] bluez5-util.c: Failed to get D-Bus connection: Faile
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1087]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-bluez5-disco
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1087]: [pulseaudio] module.c: Failed to load module "module-bluetooth-di
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1087]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Module load failed.
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1087]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Failed to initialize daemon.
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost pulseaudio[1062]: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost net_applet[1071]: ### Program is starting ###
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost mgaapplet[1072]: ### Program is starting ###
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost hp-systray[1067]: hp-systray[1067]: warning: hp-systray should not be run as root/s
Sep 27 19:35:21 localhost hp-systray[1067]: hp-systray[1067]: error: hp-systray cannot be run as root. Exitin



/dev/sda6 = /mnt/siirto It's a small data partition used (a long time ago) to move stuff between Linux and dual-booted windows 2000.
It's a FAT16.

I updated everything since my installation (somewhere pretty close to my forum-joining date), but here's the 150 last ones.

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[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa --last | head -150
flash-player-plugin-11.2.202.406-1.mga4.nonfree.x86_64 Fri 26 Sep 2014 11:55:43 AM EEST
samba-server-3.6.24-1.1.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 08:23:03 PM EEST
perl-ldap-0.490.0-5.mga4.noarch               Thu 25 Sep 2014 08:23:02 PM EEST
perl-Digest-HMAC-1.30.0-4.mga4.noarch         Thu 25 Sep 2014 08:23:01 PM EEST
perl-Convert-ASN1-0.260.0-3.mga4.noarch       Thu 25 Sep 2014 08:23:01 PM EEST
perl-Authen-SASL-2.160.0-3.mga4.noarch        Thu 25 Sep 2014 08:23:01 PM EEST
perl-Digest-SHA1-2.130.0-12.mga4.x86_64       Thu 25 Sep 2014 08:23:00 PM EEST
lib64mariadb-embedded18-5.5.39-1.mga4.x86_64  Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:46 PM EEST
rmt-0.4b44-3.1.mga4.x86_64                    Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:45 PM EEST
mariadb-common-core-5.5.39-1.mga4.x86_64      Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:45 PM EEST
dump-0.4b44-3.1.mga4.x86_64                   Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:45 PM EEST
system-config-printer-1.4.3-1.2.mga4.x86_64   Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:36 PM EEST
java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.65-2.5.2.1.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:35 PM EEST
java-1.7.0-openjdk-headless-1.7.0.65-2.5.2.1.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:34 PM EEST
system-config-printer-udev-1.4.3-1.2.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:32 PM EEST
system-config-printer-libs-1.4.3-1.2.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:31 PM EEST
lib64gtk-gir3.0-3.10.6-4.1.mga4.x86_64        Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:31 PM EEST
lib64gtk+3_0-3.10.6-4.1.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:30 PM EEST
gtk+3.0-3.10.6-4.1.mga4.x86_64                Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:22:29 PM EEST
ppp-pppoatm-2.4.5-17.1.mga4.x86_64            Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:58 PM EEST
net-snmp-mibs-5.7.2-13.2.mga4.x86_64          Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:58 PM EEST
lib64clucene-contribs-lib2-2.3.3.4-4.1.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:58 PM EEST
ppp-2.4.5-17.1.mga4.x86_64                    Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:57 PM EEST
lib64net-snmp30-5.7.2-13.2.mga4.x86_64        Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:57 PM EEST
lib64mariadb18-5.5.39-1.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:57 PM EEST
lib64clucene_shared2-2.3.3.4-4.1.mga4.x86_64  Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:56 PM EEST
lib64clucene-core2-2.3.3.4-4.1.mga4.x86_64    Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:56 PM EEST
rootcerts-java-20140805.00-1.mga4.x86_64      Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:41 PM EEST
lib64vncserver0-0.9.9-3.1.mga4.x86_64         Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:41 PM EEST
firefox-en_ZA-24.8.0-1.mga4.noarch            Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:41 PM EEST
firefox-en_GB-24.8.0-1.mga4.noarch            Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:41 PM EEST
file-5.16-1.6.mga4.x86_64                     Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:41 PM EEST
grub2-mageia-theme-2.00-59.1.mga4.noarch      Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:40 PM EEST
grub2-2.00-59.1.mga4.x86_64                   Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:39 PM EEST
firefox-24.8.0-1.mga4.x86_64                  Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:38 PM EEST
timezone-java-2014f-1.mga4.x86_64             Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:07 PM EEST
lib64magic1-5.16-1.6.mga4.x86_64              Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:07 PM EEST
lib64gpgme11-1.4.3-2.1.mga4.x86_64            Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:07 PM EEST
busybox-static-1.21.1-3.1.mga4.x86_64         Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:07 PM EEST
timezone-2014f-1.mga4.x86_64                  Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:06 PM EEST
python-pillow-2.2.1-0.5.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:06 PM EEST
kernel-desktop-latest-3.12.25-3.mga4.x86_64   Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:21:06 PM EEST
libgomp1-4.8.2-3.2.mga4.x86_64                Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:20:38 PM EEST
lib64llvm3.3-3.3-2.1.mga4.x86_64              Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:20:38 PM EEST
cpupower-3.12.25-3.mga4.x86_64                Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:20:38 PM EEST
vboxadditions-kernel-desktop-latest-4.3.10-10.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:20:37 PM EEST
libgfortran3-4.8.2-3.2.mga4.x86_64            Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:20:37 PM EEST
vboxadditions-kernel-3.12.25-desktop-3.mga4-4.3.10-10.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:20:29 PM EEST
kernel-desktop-3.12.25-3.mga4-1-1.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:20:28 PM EEST
libquadmath0-4.8.2-3.2.mga4.x86_64            Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:20:26 PM EEST
pidgin-plugins-2.10.9-1.1.mga4.x86_64         Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:40 PM EEST
libstdc++6-4.8.2-3.2.mga4.x86_64              Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:40 PM EEST
lib64gadu3-1.12.0-1.mga4.x86_64               Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:40 PM EEST
dbus-x11-1.6.18-1.3.mga4.x86_64               Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:40 PM EEST
nss-3.17.0-1.mga4.x86_64                      Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:39 PM EEST
libgcc1-4.8.2-3.2.mga4.x86_64                 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:39 PM EEST
lib64nss3-3.17.0-1.mga4.x86_64                Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:39 PM EEST
lib64nspr4-4.10.7-1.mga4.x86_64               Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:38 PM EEST
python-simplejson-3.3.0-3.1.mga4.x86_64       Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:27 PM EEST
perl-Glib-Object-Introspection-0.24.0-1.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:27 PM EEST
lib64purple0-2.10.9-1.1.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:27 PM EEST
lib64lzo2_2-2.08-1.mga4.x86_64                Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:27 PM EEST
lib64gd3-2.1.0-3.1.mga4.x86_64                Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:27 PM EEST
python-2.7.6-1.2.mga4.x86_64                  Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:25 PM EEST
lib64dbus1_3-1.6.18-1.3.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:24 PM EEST
dbus-1.6.18-1.3.mga4.x86_64                   Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:24 PM EEST
lib64xfont1-1.4.7-1.1.mga4.x86_64             Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:13 PM EEST
lib64smbclient0-3.6.24-1.1.mga4.x86_64        Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:13 PM EEST
lib64python2.7-2.7.6-1.2.mga4.x86_64          Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:13 PM EEST
lib64wbclient0-3.6.24-1.1.mga4.x86_64         Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:12 PM EEST
lib64avfilter3-2.0.5-1.mga4.x86_64            Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:06 PM EEST
ffmpeg-2.0.5-1.mga4.x86_64                    Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:06 PM EEST
lib64swscaler2-2.0.5-1.mga4.x86_64            Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:05 PM EEST
lib64swresample0-2.0.5-1.mga4.x86_64          Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:05 PM EEST
lib64postproc52-2.0.5-1.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:05 PM EEST
lib64avformat55-2.0.5-1.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:05 PM EEST
lib64avutil52-2.0.5-1.mga4.x86_64             Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:04 PM EEST
lib64avcodec55-2.0.5-1.mga4.x86_64            Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:19:04 PM EEST
x11-driver-video-intel-2.99.909-1.2.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:49 PM EEST
curl-7.34.0-1.3.mga4.x86_64                   Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:49 PM EEST
harddrake-16.26.11-1.mga4.x86_64              Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:48 PM EEST
gnupg2-2.0.22-3.1.mga4.x86_64                 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:48 PM EEST
drakx-finish-install-16.26.11-1.mga4.x86_64   Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:48 PM EEST
harddrake-ui-16.26.11-1.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:47 PM EEST
drakxtools-16.26.11-1.mga4.x86_64             Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:47 PM EEST
drakxtools-curses-16.26.11-1.mga4.x86_64      Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:46 PM EEST
drakxtools-backend-16.26.11-1.mga4.x86_64     Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:45 PM EEST
lib64curl4-7.34.0-1.3.mga4.x86_64             Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:44 PM EEST
gnupg-1.4.16-1.1.mga4.x86_64                  Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:44 PM EEST
lib64krb53-1.11.4-1.1.mga4.x86_64             Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:43 PM EEST
lib64gcrypt11-1.5.4-1.mga4.x86_64             Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:43 PM EEST
lib64readline6-6.2-9.1.mga4.x86_64            Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:26 PM EEST
lib64protobuf-c0-0.15-3.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:26 PM EEST
bash-4.2-48.1.mga4.x86_64                     Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:26 PM EEST
rootcerts-20140805.00-1.mga4.x86_64           Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:25 PM EEST
perl-LWP-Protocol-https-6.40.0-2.1.mga4.noarch Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:25 PM EEST
openssl-1.0.1e-8.7.mga4.x86_64                Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:25 PM EEST
krb5-1.11.4-1.1.mga4.x86_64                   Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:25 PM EEST
lib64openssl1.0.0-1.0.1e-8.7.mga4.x86_64      Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:24 PM EEST
lib64openssl-engines1.0.0-1.0.1e-8.7.mga4.x86_64 Thu 25 Sep 2014 03:18:24 PM EEST
gdb-7.6-6.mga4.x86_64                         Wed 24 Sep 2014 06:27:40 PM EEST
glibc-2.18-9.4.mga4.x86_64                    Wed 24 Sep 2014 06:27:38 PM EEST
locales-fi-2.18-2.mga4.x86_64                 Thu 04 Sep 2014 07:49:36 PM EEST
hdparm-9.43-3.mga4.x86_64                     Thu 04 Sep 2014 12:59:20 AM EEST
smartmontools-6.2-2.mga4.x86_64               Thu 04 Sep 2014 12:58:44 AM EEST
task-scanning-2011.0-5.mga4.noarch            Wed 03 Sep 2014 09:04:07 AM EEST
simple-scan-3.10.2-1.mga4.x86_64              Wed 03 Sep 2014 09:04:07 AM EEST
yelp-3.10.1-4.mga4.x86_64                     Wed 03 Sep 2014 09:04:06 AM EEST
lib64yelp0-3.10.1-4.mga4.x86_64               Wed 03 Sep 2014 09:04:06 AM EEST
yelp-xsl-3.10.1-2.mga4.noarch                 Wed 03 Sep 2014 09:04:05 AM EEST
gnome-doc-utils-0.20.10-3.mga4.noarch         Wed 03 Sep 2014 09:04:05 AM EEST
rarian-0.8.1-11.mga4.x86_64                   Wed 03 Sep 2014 09:04:03 AM EEST
lib64rarian0-0.8.1-11.mga4.x86_64             Wed 03 Sep 2014 09:04:03 AM EEST
task-printing-canon-2011-3.mga4.x86_64        Sun 17 Aug 2014 02:18:02 PM EEST
cjet-0.8.9-12.mga4.x86_64                     Sun 17 Aug 2014 02:18:02 PM EEST
rpmdrake-6.10.3-1.mga4.noarch                 Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:58:11 PM EEST
nss_wins-3.6.24-1.1.mga4.x86_64               Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:53:25 PM EEST
task-printing-hp-2011-3.mga4.x86_64           Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:53:23 PM EEST
samba-client-3.6.24-1.1.mga4.x86_64           Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:53:23 PM EEST
hplip-gui-3.13.9-4.mga4.x86_64                Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:53:22 PM EEST
hplip-3.13.9-4.mga4.x86_64                    Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:53:21 PM EEST
hplip-hpijs-ppds-3.13.9-4.mga4.x86_64         Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:53:20 PM EEST
lib64sane-hpaio1-3.13.9-4.mga4.x86_64         Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:53:19 PM EEST
cifs-utils-6.2-2.1.mga4.x86_64                Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:53:19 PM EEST
samba-common-3.6.24-1.1.mga4.x86_64           Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:53:18 PM EEST
pnm2ppa-1.13-3.mga4.x86_64                    Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:55 PM EEST
hplip-hpijs-3.13.9-4.mga4.x86_64              Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:55 PM EEST
keyutils-1.5.8-2.mga4.x86_64                  Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:54 PM EEST
gutenprint-cups-5.2.9-5.mga4.x86_64           Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:54 PM EEST
python-reportlab-2.7-4.mga4.x86_64            Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:53 PM EEST
python-smbc-1.0.13-4.mga4.x86_64              Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:46 PM EEST
libxml2-python-2.9.1-2.1.mga4.x86_64          Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:46 PM EEST
hplip-model-data-3.13.9-4.mga4.x86_64         Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:46 PM EEST
lib64packagekitglib-gir1.0-0.8.14-3.1.mga4.x86_64 Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:45 PM EEST
lib64hpip0-3.13.9-4.mga4.x86_64               Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:45 PM EEST
lib64gnome-keyring-gir1.0-3.10.1-2.mga4.x86_64 Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:45 PM EEST
gutenprint-ijs-5.2.9-5.mga4.x86_64            Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:41 PM EEST
gnome-python-gnomekeyring-2.32.0-17.mga4.x86_64 Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:41 PM EEST
python-cups-1.9.66-1.mga4.x86_64              Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:40 PM EEST
gnome-keyring-3.10.1-2.1.mga4.x86_64          Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:40 PM EEST
lib64xres1-1.0.7-3.mga4.x86_64                Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:39 PM EEST
lib64wnck1_22-2.31.0-4.mga4.x86_64            Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:39 PM EEST
gnome-python-desktop-2.32.0-17.mga4.x86_64    Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:39 PM EEST
sudo-1.8.8-3.mga4.x86_64                      Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:35 PM EEST
seahorse-3.10.1-3.mga4.x86_64                 Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:34 PM EEST
gutenprint-foomatic-5.2.9-5.mga4.x86_64       Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:30 PM EEST
gutenprint-common-5.2.9-5.mga4.x86_64         Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:28 PM EEST
lib64gutenprint2-5.2.9-5.mga4.x86_64          Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:27 PM EEST
gnome-python-canvas-2.28.1-6.mga4.x86_64      Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:27 PM EEST
gnome-python-bonobo-2.28.1-6.mga4.x86_64      Sun 17 Aug 2014 01:52:27 PM EEST
[root@localhost ~]#

[doktor5000]

I looke into 'journalctl -xb' but I didn't spot anything alarming there.
I wonder if the red lines are the ones to look closer?

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Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost mount[611]: NTFS signature is missing.
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost mount[611]: Failed to mount '/dev/sda6': Invalid argument
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost mount[611]: The device '/dev/sda6' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost mount[611]: Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost mount[611]: partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost systemd[1]: mnt-siirto.mount mount process exited, code=exited status=12
Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/siirto.

Sep 27 19:32:05 localhost systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Local File Systems.


/dev/sda6 = /mnt/siirto It's a small data partition used (a long time ago) to move stuff between Linux and dual-booted windows 2000.
It's a FAT16.

Can you please show the entry in /etc/fstab? Seems the type is specified as ntfs, which will fail if it's only fat16 partition.
That's why your boot stops. Check https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_4_Err ... rrect_UUID for more details on that, you should add "nofail" to the options of the fstab entry for that fat16 partition, so that Mageia boot doesn't fail when this partition cannot be mounted.

For the graphical server autostart, does that problem still persist? If so, please show the output of

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grep -i driver /var/log/Xorg.0.log
lspcidrake -v | grep VGA

You got nearly all updates on one day, so without knowing which graphics driver you're using it's pretty hard to tell why it fails.

[doktor5000]

DARN, I copy-pasted the sda5-entry foe sda6-entry, but forgot the type!
I guess 'msdos' was the 16-bit FAT?

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[root@localhost /]# cat /etc/fstab
# Entry for /dev/sda3 :
UUID=57f08b93-06cb-4741-b3c5-4b673310d4ff / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda4 :
UUID=11debee5-fb0f-4ebe-8d5e-d56e32b42702 swap swap defaults 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda5
/dev/sda5       /mnt/newvolume  ntfs    defaults,nls=utf8,rw,umask=000 0 0
# Entry for /dev/sda6
/dev/sda6       /mnt/siirto     ntfs    defaults,nls=utf8,rw,umask=000 0 0


Funny, I wouldn't have guessed that failing mount would stop the start-up.
Missing configuration files due to missing mount yes, but just a mount...

I don't think the x.org railed, but rather that there was not even an attempt to start it.
Giving 'startx' started it all without any hicups that I could notice,
Maybe because of the stop in start-up due to the wrong partition type in fstab?

The driver used (Iintel i3) is probably xeon:

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[root@localhost /]# grep -i driver /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[   194.157]    X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
[   194.157]    X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
[   194.762] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/v4l_drv.so
[   194.762]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[   194.784] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/intel-common/intel_drv.so
[   194.785]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   194.785]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[   194.785] (II) v4l driver for Video4Linux
[   194.785] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
[   194.785] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics: 2000-5000
[   194.785] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics: 5100
[   194.785] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics: 5200
[   194.786] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i965
[   194.786] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: i965
[   194.884]    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[   194.884]    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 19.1
[   194.884] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[   194.896] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Video Bus'
[   194.896] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[   194.897] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'ov519'
[   194.897] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse'
[   194.897] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   194.898] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   194.898] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   194.898] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   194.898] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   194.898] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   194.898] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   194.898] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   194.898] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'


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[root@localhost /]# lspcidrake -v | grep VGA
Card:Intel 810 and later: Intel Corporation|Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:8086 device:0152 subv:1458 subd:d000) (rev: 09)


EDIT:
That was it: I forgot I added the mounts (for samba share) before a new boot.
Thanks for pointing it to me.
I'm sorry for being that sloppy - that happens when one has too much going on.
I fixed the mount and now it works. The desktop opens automatically and even the power-related alternatives are back into the
'power button'.
The mount failure also caused the power button to only contain 'logout' and 'lock'.

Happy again...