gord wrote: > On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 15:10 +0000, 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 :) > I think it gets too far to be the bios and I don't have any trouble with windows and I didn't have any trouble with dapper. I was getting an error message when playing video with mplayer movie player. I can't remember the error (It mentioned x-video and 3d support-Ithink) but I fixed that by installing a new driver for the graphics. I have also installed windows drivers for a usb wireless dongle. I'm guessing it's one of them. 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
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