Grub starts, but drops to rescue mode: 'grub_term_highlight_color'

Howdy, all;
An upgrade involving grub seemed to go well, and it included an update to grub. Ran grub-mkconfig, and rebooted.
Grub starts to load with "Welcome to Grub" before the menu loads, and then drops to rescue mode with the error:
"error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found."
The only [solved] issue I can find is by user cfr, and the 'solution' isn't helpful: cfr writes "This is sorted though I still don't know what on Earth I did". Can't seem to find a solution in the Gentoo guides or even the Fedora forums.
If someone could point me to the right direction so I can solve this thing, I'd be grateful.
Thanks in advance!
[edited to add]: insmod linux.mod and normal.mod both kick back the same 'highlight color' error.
Last edited by fionn (2013-10-12 16:34:16)

fionn wrote:
Howdy, all;
An upgrade involving grub seemed to go well, and it included an update to grub. Ran grub-mkconfig, and rebooted.
Grub starts to load with "Welcome to Grub" before the menu loads, and then drops to rescue mode with the error:
"error: symbol 'grub_term_highlight_color' not found."
The only [solved] issue I can find is by user cfr, and the 'solution' isn't helpful: cfr writes "This is sorted though I still don't know what on Earth I did". Can't seem to find a solution in the Gentoo guides or even the Fedora forums.
If someone could point me to the right direction so I can solve this thing, I'd be grateful.
Thanks in advance!
[edited to add]: insmod linux.mod and normal.mod both kick back the same 'highlight color' error.
Did you update files in /boot/grub via grub-install? The changes i grub-mkconfig depend on updated files in /boot/grub.

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Did Windows get fully installed & updated? added Apple Boot Camp after?
If you still don't have 10.6, you won't have Boot Camp 3.x drivers (and later) for Windows 7.
How large a partition did you create?
How long if at all was it working normally?
The last update, install or change made was.....?

My Mac Pro wouldn't start but in safe mode. How do I fix it?

My Mac Pro froze and I tried to restart it. I had just removed cookies and used Tune My Mac. All I get is the apple screen, then it goes black, then white with spots, to white. Nothing else. I tried all of the recommended ways to start it and resorted to safe mode. How do I get it back to the regular start up?

This procedure is a diagnostic test. It changes nothing, for better or worse, and therefore will not, in itself, solve your problem.
If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data before doing anything else. The backup is necessary on general principle, not because of anything in the test procedure. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. All it does is to gather information about the state of your computer. That information goes nowhere unless you choose to share it on this page. However, you should be cautious about running a program at the instance of a stranger on a public message board. If you have doubts, search this site for other discussions in which this procedure has been followed without any report of ill effects. If you can't satisfy yourself that the instructions are safe, don't follow them.
Here's a summary of what you need to do: Copy a line of text from this web page into the window of another application. Wait about a minute. Then paste some other text, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page. The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. Details follow.
You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
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Boot stopped at "Rescue mode"

Hey guys,
I've been using archlinux for a while now (laptop & homeserver). Though I got a dedicated root server (@strato) for a few reasons, I thought I'd give it a try there, too.
Yet I have to deal with a little problem, though. Installation via the 'squashfs-method' using the RecoverySystem went smoothly. But when I try to boot the maschine, it doesn't start up properly.
Below's the output of the serial console after grub. I can't see the rescue shell itself, though. Dunno if that's due to the serial attachment.
Welcome to Arch Linux!
[ OK ] Set up automount Arbitrary Executable File Formats F...utomount Point.
[ OK ] Listening on Journal Socket.
Starting Apply Kernel Variables...
Starting Journal Service...
[ OK ] Started Journal Service.
Mounting Debug File System...
Starting Setup Virtual Console...
Mounting Huge Pages File System...
Starting Create static device nodes in /dev...
Mounting POSIX Message Queue File System...
[ OK ] Reached target Encrypted Volumes.
Mounting Configuration File System...
[ OK ] Listening on udev Kernel Socket.
[ OK ] Listening on udev Control Socket.
Starting udev Coldplug all Devices...
[ OK ] Reached target Swap.
Mounting Temporary Directory...
Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems...
Expecting device dev-sda1.device...
[ OK ] Started Apply Kernel Variables.
[ OK ] Mounted Debug File System.
[ OK ] Started Setup Virtual Console.
[ OK ] Mounted Huge Pages File System.
[ OK ] Started Create static device nodes in /dev.
[ OK ] Mounted POSIX Message Queue File System.
[ OK ] Mounted Configuration File System.
[ OK ] Mounted Temporary Directory.
[ OK ] Started Remount Root and Kernel File Systems.
[ OK ] Started udev Coldplug all Devices.
Starting Load Random Seed...
Starting udev Kernel Device Manager...
[FAILED] Failed to start Load Random Seed.
See 'systemctl status systemd-random-seed-load.service' for details.
[ 2.685427] systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Random Seed.
[ OK ] Started udev Kernel Device Manager.
[ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems (Pre).
[ OK ] Found device M4-CT128M4SSD2.
Mounting /boot...
[ OK ] Mounted /boot.
[ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems.
Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage...
[ OK ] Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories.
Starting Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown...
[ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown.
[ OK ] Started Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage.
[ OK ] Reached target System Initialization.
Starting Rescue Shell...
[ OK ] Started Rescue Shell.
[ OK ] Reached target Rescue Mode.
The output states to look at the journal, but when I chroot into arch or try to look at the journal by hand, all journals are empty.
Any ideas what could be wrong? What files shall I provide for better help?
I've looked up some threads in the forum, but none of the ones I found were helping with my issue.
Thanks for your help in advance!
Cheers,
willi hunger

I've added extended logging to the console, so there are a few more things to show the errors:
[ OK ] Mounted /boot.
[ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems.
Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage...
[ OK ] Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories.
Starting Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown...
[ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown.
[ OK ] Started Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage.
[ OK ] Reached target System Initialization.
Starting Rescue Shell...
[ OK ] Started Rescue Shell.
[ OK ] Reached target Rescue Mode.
[ 2.915824] systemd[255]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /bin/plymouth: No such file or directory
[ 2.934292] systemd[257]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /bin/echo: No such file or directory
[ 2.952007] systemd[260]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /sbin/sulogin: No such file or directory
[ 2.970414] systemd[263]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /usr/bin/systemctl: No such file or directory
Remember, this is a fresh installation. Only the base base-devel and vim packages are installed.
Any ideas?

REscue Mode won't work - mi

Hello,
My wife's micro won't go past the creative screen when you start it up. When it is in rescue mode nothing will work. It was on format all night and did nothing. The screen still said formatting. I think it should be done in 6 hours. I was going to reinstall the firmware, but the computer won't recognize the player. Sounds like it's time to send it into creative. I'm hoping someone knows a way to fix it, but I kind of doubt it.

As per the FAQ post, if functions in rescude mode aren't working then the player is faulty. This is probably one of the two most common faults with the player, perhaps caused by a faulty hard dri've.

Network Boot (Rescue Mode)

I need to rescue a OL5 VM guest the other day and discovered you can Network boot into rescue mode by using the following arguments in the boot string.
--args rescue http://server/pathtodistribution
Just thought I would share. You could always just mount the virtual disk on another host but to me... this is simpler and faster.

I've added extended logging to the console, so there are a few more things to show the errors:
[ OK ] Mounted /boot.
[ OK ] Reached target Local File Systems.
Starting Recreate Volatile Files and Directories...
Starting Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage...
[ OK ] Started Recreate Volatile Files and Directories.
Starting Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown...
[ OK ] Started Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown.
[ OK ] Started Trigger Flushing of Journal to Persistent Storage.
[ OK ] Reached target System Initialization.
Starting Rescue Shell...
[ OK ] Started Rescue Shell.
[ OK ] Reached target Rescue Mode.
[ 2.915824] systemd[255]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /bin/plymouth: No such file or directory
[ 2.934292] systemd[257]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /bin/echo: No such file or directory
[ 2.952007] systemd[260]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /sbin/sulogin: No such file or directory
[ 2.970414] systemd[263]: Failed at step CHDIR spawning /usr/bin/systemctl: No such file or directory
Remember, this is a fresh installation. Only the base base-devel and vim packages are installed.
Any ideas?

OSR 10.3 server drops into ADMIN mode

Using WL 10.3, jrockit_160_05 on RH on a 2 node cluster with the registry.war deployed to a single server within the cluster.
The server running Oracle Service Registry application will drop into ADMIN mode, but not much is logged in the server log. There were no entries in the log for over an hour prior to the server dropping out of RUNNING status, and no one is logged in ( "no active sessions" )
<May 26, 2009 11:20:26 AM EDT> <Warning> <Socket> <BEA-000450> <Socket 12 internal data record unavailable (probable closure due idle timeout), event received 17>
<May 26, 2009 1:08:05 PM EDT> <Alert> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000396> <Server lock has been requested by <WLS Kernel>>
<May 26, 2009 1:08:05 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to SUSPENDING>
<May 26, 2009 1:08:05 PM EDT> <Notice> <HTTP> <BEA-101278> <There are no active sessions. The Web service is ready to suspend.>
<May 26, 2009 1:08:05 PM EDT> <Notice> <Cluster> <BEA-000163> <Stopping "async" replication service>
<May 26, 2009 1:08:05 PM EDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server state changed to ADMIN>
The server has to be shutdown and restarted and will run for a few days before repeating.
Has anyone seen this behavior?

I second hisaaks and mmeyers opinion.
It is much discussed but documented and widely known (and though often thought to be not necessary) prequisite for OSB clustering. Compared to WLS clustering there some limitations.
You can only have one cluster in a OSB domain, if there is more than one maneged servers you have to put them in a cluster.
Like it or not, the product requires it. IMHO it is acceptable. My guess is that one reason for it are the uniformely distributed queues used within OSB.
IMHO the real problems start, when you think about extending the cluster after creating the domain, then you have to manually set all these queues and distributed queues and JMS modules and everything that gets typically targetted for you by the domain wizzard. Or is there a solution for it yet? (Sorry to hijack your thread).
regards,
Barossa.

How to reload OS from rescue mode - Jukebo

<SPAN class=postbody>I had .0.06 OS on my JB3. After numerous times trying to load .40.06 and getting the error message "You can not use this version in your player - please download a suitable firmware upgrade", I went into rescue mode and activated "reload OS". Maybe that was rash, but you know how it is when frustration kicks in. Well, this deleted the OS and the unit rebooted back into Rescue mode. Fine, but now it still will not download .40.06.
<SPAN class=postbody>After searching this site more I found my original f/w version. After trying to load this, I get the error message "Your player can not start up properly. Please roboot your player and run this application again". well, I rebooted and tried downloading again and again and again to no avail. What's going on? How on earth do I get an OS back into this thing. Or am I SOL!
<SPAN class=postbody>BTW, I was tying to upgrade because the player was frequently locking up - particularly during shutdown. I'm using .26.02 driver. Can anyone help?

I don't really have easy acces to another computer. I have a number of other peripherals that work fine with my USB ports, so it seems unlikely that that would be the problem. On someone else's suggestion - I took the driver back to .20.04c, but unfortunately it made no difference. I still get the message "Player can not start up properly" (with f/w .0.06)I hadn't noticed before, but when the unit powers up, after the "EAX" splash screen, the message "firmware problem" briefly flashes before it goes into rescue mode. I would think this just means that there is no OS installed, but maybe there's something else going on too. I've spent hours on trying various combinations of drivers and downloads - both USB and firewire. Either the f/w setup is ridiculously flaky, or it's toast!.
Thanks for the help though.Bruce.

Rescue Mode?

When I turn on my Zen Xtra jukebox a rescue mode window opens with four commands
. clean up
2.format all
3.reload os
4.reboot
Not sure what to do to get player to function properly. PLEASE HELP!

I keep clicking the clean up but then when the window opens it ask to continue and I click the check and then it goes back to the four option window and does nothing. I've also tried the reboot and then clean up but nothing happens. I did drop the player but it was working after I did. Any other suggestions? I sure would hate to loose my music. I've been collecting from various sources for 5 years now!

Grub starts, but drops to rescue mode: 'grub_term_highlight_color'

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