On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 22:00 +0100, Matthew Saunders wrote: > > I have looked at MENU.LST and it contains this line which I think you > > are referring to: > > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-386 root=/dev/hdb5 ro quiet=vga=791 > > Is the = after the word quiet actually in the menu.lst? > (quiet=vga=791) This should be a space instead. > > My working menu.lst shows: > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-386 root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet splash > > I don't know if it will help your problem, but you don't have the word > splash on that line? I'm only guessing but this might get the start > up screen working. > > > I think I can change the line if necessary. I am sure a need to be SU to > > make any change. Is that correct? > > To create a backup copy just in case: > sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst_backup > > If you open Terminal, you will need to type in: > sudo pico /boot/grub/menu.lst > > Make the changes just like a normal text editor, then Ctrl+o to save, > Ctrl+x to exit. > > > Hope this helps > > Matthew >
Thanks to all who came to the rescue in my plight. I changed the grub kernel line to read: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-386 root=/dev/hdb5 ro quiet splash vga=791 I kept the vga=791 because I had some difficulty earlier with the VDU going out of range during boot-up before the desktop was reached. I now have my boot-up screen instead of a complete blank, and it is nice to know that the filesystems etc are all OK. It was interesting to see that everyone has their favourite editor; I used gedit. I could, of course, have used kate! All help very much appreciated. Berni. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
