Have you tried booting off a live distribution and inserted the old kernel and symlinked the libraries so you can rerun grub update? I remember we had to do that with lilo whenever I tried new kernels and forgot all about lilo. Cannot even remember the last time I did it, since I found the rescue option in the installation disk. That option wasn't there back in the days
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Børge Holen <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to use the nomodeset from time to time where the f*** gfx card has > unresolved issues with itself. Atleast it lets me boot to a prompt. Now > thinking of it, I have no blinking cursor, I just get a black screen... So > different issue all together and I am just rambling on > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Michael Lange <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:14:39 -0400 >> "James P. Wallen" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Double checked to see if I was right about the video subsystem. >> > It is not ATI, it is Intel integrated. No docs on this thing. It >> > was never officially sold in U.S., where I live currently. Since >> > I can't boot it to usable state, I can't (easily) find out >> > exactly which video it uses. >> > >> > It's probably destine for re-installation anyway. I was just >> > surprised to see such a failure occur after upgrade. >> >> If the device has worked with other kernel versions before, you >> could boot from an USB drive, do a chroot and install a kernel that >> works, this should be a pretty straightforward procedure. >> >> Regards >> >> Michael >> >> >> >> .-.. .. ...- . .-.. --- -. --. .- -. -.. .--. .-. --- ... .--. . .-. >> >> You canna change the laws of physics, Captain; I've got to have thirty >> minutes! >> >> >
