On 5 December 2012 14:05, Nigel Verity <nigelver...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I have just installed Xubuntu 12.10 on an HP laptop. It worked fine until I > succumbed to the invitation to perform the 100+ updates in the queue. This > included a new kernel version. After completion and rebooting, the screen > remained blank after the Grub menu had disappeared, although disk activity > and the wi-fi indicator light seemed to show everything else was booting up > OK. > > I experimented with the Grub menu and found that by booting with the > previous kernel version which, thankfully, was still available, every works > fine. > > Does anybody know how to make the previous kernel version the default? It is > accessed through the "Ubuntu Advanced Options" item on the Grub menu. The > menu default item, defined in "etc/default/grub", uses a zero-based integer > value corresponding to the position of the required item on the menu. This > does not provide a way to access sub-menu items. Any ideas, please?
Just a small point, but you might be better off trying to find out what the problem is with the newer kernel before you write it off as a bad job. Also it's probably worth checking that your machine's BIOS is up-to-date and if not updating it. That is a common cause of kernel problems in my experience. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
