Re: [lubuntu-users] Booting into the dreaded black screen . . . pedal to the metal

2016-05-11 Thread Peter Golis
Fritz, If you don't need configuration for yaboot to boot linux (yaboot.conf), then you had manually created boot script in Apple_Bootstrap partition using Fortran programming language or you had manually installed grub2 and followed it's configuration. Both listed options which allows to boot

Re: [lubuntu-users] Booting into the dreaded black screen . . . pedal to the metal

2016-05-10 Thread Fritz Hudnut
@Peter: OK, thanks for the "archive" data--found it. I believe I have the "radeon.agpmode" part of it in my Yaboot.conf . . . but, the "ro resume" aspect I haven't heard of, until now. The "sda4" is to designate the "home/ext4" partition?? that would be the partition that would "resume" after

Re: [lubuntu-users] Booting into the dreaded black screen . . . pedal to the metal

2016-05-10 Thread Nio Wiklund
Thanks, Peter, for this explanation Best regards Nio Den 2016-05-10 kl. 09:13, skrev Peter Golis: Hello Nio, Part of email with information related to PPC (IBM PowerPC architecture used for example in ancient Apple machines) was for Fritz. So, do you had seen grub black and white screen? if

Re: [lubuntu-users] Booting into the dreaded black screen . . . pedal to the metal

2016-05-10 Thread Peter Golis
Hello Nio, Part of email with information related to PPC (IBM PowerPC architecture used for example in ancient Apple machines) was for Fritz.   So, do you had seen grub black and white screen? if yes, then you can select recovery mode using arrow keys, and boot to text mode. Once done and you

Re: [lubuntu-users] Booting into the dreaded black screen . . . pedal to the metal

2016-05-10 Thread Nio Wiklund
Hello Peter, When you wrote this mail to me, did you think of PC or PPC or both? I think too, that it should often work in text mode, but there are problems with systemd, that it works with either graphics mode or text mode. I found this link:

Re: [lubuntu-users] Booting into the dreaded black screen . . . pedal to the metal

2016-05-10 Thread Peter Golis
Hello Nio, Pres Escape key several times util GNU GRUB table will be shown. If that grub black and white table will be visible, you can install missing device driver in text mode. Yust confirm as video driver for old Intel graphic cards looks reanimated: