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/
