I can get to a grub command line by pressing the ESC key during boot. But no grub menu. I hadn’t used this computer in a while and forgot the password. Is there a way to reset the password from the grub command line rather than the grub menu?  Dell XPS 13 9360 Ubuntu 18.0.4  Thanks
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I need to reset my password. I have followed these steps:    However, then I go to "root" or "netroot" recovery options, it tells me:  Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue)   Clearly, I do not know the root password. If I type CTRL+D, I return to the list of options. From  I read:  Under chapter 'The Other Way':  4. Highlight the line that begins kernel and press 'e' to edit`   But in the grub configuration file I have no line that starts with kernel. Only:  setparams 'Ubuntu...' recordfail set gxfpayload... insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root=... search --no-floppy... linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38... initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6....   Those are all lines in my GRUB. Which line should I edit? Or is there another way to reset my password?
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Possible Duplicate:          I want to change my BIOS setting but when I press F2 it asks for a password and I've forgotten it.  However, if I press enter it just enters the BIOS but most options are greyed out.  Is there any way to reset the BIOS password?  My BIOS is Intel BX97520J and I can start the system which has Windows Server 2008 installed.
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I have installed Linux Bash on Windows 10 (available from Microsoft), but I've forgotten my password.  I've searched for a solution but I only find suggestions that involve doing something before the system boots, like accessing recovery mode, but that will not work in this case as this Ubuntu is just an application within a Windows system and doesn't have its own boot process.  How can I reset my password?
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I forgot my root password...actually I think I know what it is because it is the same password I have for pretty much everything but in the Terminal in tell me "Sorry, try again." Is there a way to reset the password? If so how?
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I'd like to ask for help getting grub-reboot to work.  The theory: According to  (and other sources) I should be able to choose the kernel for the next reboot, using grub-reboot. However, this does not work for me; grub always boots to the default kernel.  Here's what I tried:  $ grep GRUB_DEFAULT /etc/default/grub GRUB_DEFAULT=saved $ grep "menuentry " /boot/grub/grub.cfg  menuentry 'Ubuntu' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-f3a807d1-3fd6-4970-b741-5382e9801060' {     menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 4.4.0-43-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.4.0-43-generic-advanced-f3a807d1-3fd6-4970-b741-5382e9801060' {     menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 4.4.0-43-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.4.0-43-generic-recovery-f3a807d1-3fd6-4970-b741-5382e9801060' {     menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 4.4.0-36-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.4.0-36-generic-advanced-f3a807d1-3fd6-4970-b741-5382e9801060' {     menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 4.4.0-36-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.4.0-36-generic-recovery-f3a807d1-3fd6-4970-b741-5382e9801060' {  # Version 1, using the name $ sudo grub-reboot "Ubuntu, with Linux 4.4.0-36-generic"  # Version 2, using the id $ sudo grub-reboot gnulinux-4.4.0-36-generic-advanced-f3a807d1-3fd6-4970-b741-5382e9801060  # Version 3, counting $ sudo grub-reboot 3   Neither of these commands seem to have an effect; after reboot, I always end up with the 4.4.0-43 kernel.  Note: This is on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial. It is a server machine and I don't have access to the console during boot, so I can't look at the grub menu :(
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When I use my laptop, I have no trouble at all accessing the BIOS and changing things like the boot order.   However I recently got an iMac and have found that not only do the usual keys not get me to the BIOS, but when I find one that gets me to a boot menu (holding option when booting up) it won't recognize my USB boot drive of Ubuntu!  How can I access the BIOS menu like I could in a PC?
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How to password protect Grub menu from the ro recovery nomodeset command. I want it to where no one unless you have the password to make changes to the menu to try to get into recovery.grub
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When I boot in GRUB2 and press c, I have access to GRUB shell.  How to change the keyboard layout (language) of this GRUB shell?  Note that I'm booting an Ubuntu VM inside Virtualbox.
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I have an HP 6730b laptop with a BIOS password and Windows XP password. I do not need any of the content on the disk, I would just like to be able to reset everything and start again from scratch.  Is there any way to achieve this?  Edit: It appears that HP Credential Manager has been used to password the BIOS. This could be why none of the methods I have tried are working.
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After trying (and failing) to install better ATI drivers in 11.10, I've somehow lost my grub menu at boot time.  The screen does change to the familiar purple colour, but instead of a list of boot options it's just blank solid colour, and then disappears quickly and boots into the default entry normally.    How can I get the bootloader back?  I've tried sudo update-grub and also various different combinations of resolutions and colour depths in startupmanager application with no success (640x480, 1024x768, 1600x1200, 16 bits, 8 bits, 10 second delay, 7 second delay, 2 second delay...)   edit:   I have already tried holding down Shift during bootup and it does not seem to change the behaviour.  I get the message "GRUB Loading" in the terminal, but then the place where the grub menu normally appears I get a solid blank magenta screen for a while.  Here are the contents of /etc/default/grub  # If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. # For full documentation of the options in this file, see: #   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'  GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true GRUB_TIMEOUT=10 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2&gt; /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=" vga=798 splash"  # Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs # This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains # the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...) #GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"  # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) #GRUB_TERMINAL=console  # The resolution used on graphical terminal # note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE # you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo' #GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480  # Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux #GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true  # Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries #GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"  # Uncomment to get a beep at grub start #GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
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After I deleted my Ubuntu partition, I rebooted my computer and I only get a prompt:   grub rescue &gt;   The command ls lists   (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1) (hd1) (hd1,msdos1)   I check them one by one:  ls (hd0,msdos5)/ ls (hd0,msdos1)/   But I cannot find the right partition.
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I stopped dual booting and I don't want to have to choose the OS any more. I want to boot into Ubuntu 12.04 directly without seeing the GRUB menu.  How can I achieve that?
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How do I reboot a Ubuntu Server from the command line? sudo reboot now never seems to work for me. Because its a server, I don't have a window manager installed, so I can't do it from a GUI (which always seems to work).    I've had the problem for years on different versions of the operating system. It happens in virtual machines and on real metal. The same problem exists with sudo shutdown now, too.  I've lived with it in the past. The difference now is I don't want to just hit the power button because I might lose data.
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I have ubuntu mate. I have recently changed my password using the passwd command. I know now that I have made a mistake because I also have my home directory encrypted with the previous password.  Consequently after enter my new password at login screen it return me back to the login screen.  Can someone please help me?  I am able to enter to grub boot menu and shell, i am also able to log into guest user. Sorry if the topic is duplicate but I haven't found the same question  Thanks in advance.
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While turning on my laptop, I wanted to disable a possibility to use "F10" boot menu (maybe it's F12 on other models). I want that no-one should be able to enter my DESKTOP (Even though I'm also using user-account password at Windows login screen). So, if BOOT is available, someone might use LIVE-CD to access my pc.  How to do that?
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So, the last time I used my Ubuntu installation was last night. Today, as I booted it up, it told me that booting grubx64.efi is not allowed. Easy enough. I know how to re-enable it from my BIOS.  After re-enabling it, I try booting again and get the following error:     error: Secure Boot forbids loading module from (hd0, gpt7)/boot/grub/normal.mod   And then there's this some kind of 'grub resuce' CL prompt below that error. Never figured it out except that ls is a valid command. Using ls displays various (hdx , *) files/directories/drives.  Note that, as I never got to load Windows 8 from GRUB despite various tutorials, I use rEFInd to switch between loading GRUB (which, in turn, I use to load Ubuntu) and Windows 8.  How do I re-enable GRUB (and get to Ubuntu) and does anyone know what just caused this problem? I remember installing Ubuntu updates last night but I can't remember if there was anything that might relate to something UEFI-specific.
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error: file '/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod' not found. grub rescue&gt;   What can I do? I just sit and stare at it.   I found my old netbook (Dell Inspiron 1010) which I have not used for about four years. I replaced Windows XP with Ubuntu 12.10. I used my bootable USB drive. I installed and rebooted. I got the message that normal.mod is not found.   What should I do? Type exit, reboot, or quit? Should I re-install?