Re: [ubuntu-uk] start up problems
On 26/02/07, ged byrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gord wrote: are you sure its ubuntu/linux that is not working here? might it be the bios? you could remove the usplash symlink in your /etc/RC0.d/ directory to stop usplash (the loading screen) to just get a normal text output but be sure to backup anything you start messing with :) [snip] I have tried to look in the boot log but it tells me --The file '/var/log/boot.log' does not exist. I consider myself to be a novice, I'm just not frightened of rooting about where I shouldn't. My graphics card is an ati 8500 all in wonder and the usb stick is an msi-us54g. I'll have to do some studying to remove the symlink because I don't know what one is. Thanks for the help Ged Hi Ged, Rooting around your system is the best way to learn - especially if you break something and don't have a backup! :-) A symlink is like a Windows shortcut, but better. It's a special file that points to another place on the filesystem (file or directory), but unlike Windows most commands access the pointed-to file rather than the symlink (unless you tell them not to). In Windows, only Explorer reliably honours the symlink. You can remove one with the rm command in a terminal, or just by deleting it in Nautilus/Konqueror/whatever file manager you use. rm is one of the few commands that by default references the symlink rather than the pointed-to file (but you can swap behaviour with a command-line option). HTH Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] start up problems
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:10 +, ged byrom wrote: I am having problems at start up. I am using kubuntu edgy. My problem is that sometimes it starts up and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I get pc out of frequency with some numbers in khz and hz. These numbers can change. Sometimes I just get a blank screen and I can't get anything if I press ctrl-alt-F1. It might start up 1 in 4 or 5 tries. It will sometimes start in another kernel but sometimes it won't. I have edited my /boot/grub/menu.1st and removed splash and added apm=power-off. It seemed to work at first but now I'm back to square 1. Can anyone suggest anything else to try. Does anyone out there know how I can get rid of the kubuntu screen so I can see all of the loading up on a permanent basis.I know it's pretty but I'd like to see what's going in and where it is hanging up are you sure its ubuntu/linux that is not working here? might it be the bios? you could remove the usplash symlink in your /etc/RC0.d/ directory to stop usplash (the loading screen) to just get a normal text output but be sure to backup anything you start messing with :) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] start up problems
gord wrote: On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:10 +, ged byrom wrote: I am having problems at start up. I am using kubuntu edgy. My problem is that sometimes it starts up and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I get pc out of frequency with some numbers in khz and hz. These numbers can change. Sometimes I just get a blank screen and I can't get anything if I press ctrl-alt-F1. It might start up 1 in 4 or 5 tries. It will sometimes start in another kernel but sometimes it won't. I have edited my /boot/grub/menu.1st and removed splash and added apm=power-off. It seemed to work at first but now I'm back to square 1. Can anyone suggest anything else to try. Does anyone out there know how I can get rid of the kubuntu screen so I can see all of the loading up on a permanent basis.I know it's pretty but I'd like to see what's going in and where it is hanging up are you sure its ubuntu/linux that is not working here? might it be the bios? you could remove the usplash symlink in your /etc/RC0.d/ directory to stop usplash (the loading screen) to just get a normal text output but be sure to backup anything you start messing with :) Or edit the grub menu and remove the word 'splash' from the kernel line. You can do this at boot time, thus leaving your system unchanged. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] start up problems
I am having problems at start up. I am using kubuntu edgy. My problem is that sometimes it starts up and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I get pc out of frequency with some numbers in khz and hz. These numbers can change. Sometimes I just get a blank screen and I can't get anything if I press ctrl-alt-F1. It might start up 1 in 4 or 5 tries. It will sometimes start in another kernel but sometimes it won't. I have edited my /boot/grub/menu.1st and removed splash and added apm=power-off. It seemed to work at first but now I'm back to square 1. Can anyone suggest anything else to try. Does anyone out there know how I can get rid of the kubuntu screen so I can see all of the loading up on a permanent basis.I know it's pretty but I'd like to see what's going in and where it is hanging up -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
