Ouch. Some quick thoughts:
1) boot from a LiveCD or LiveUSB and backup everything, if you haven't already or don't do this regularly. 2) plug in an external monitor 3) make another backup, just to be sure 4) start fixing things Good luck and let us know how things go. Regards, - Robert On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: > Last week I slipped on some ice whilst carrying my laptop. Shattered > screen. Went to > www.laptopscreen.com and got another one for $75. The new screen > works fine, but there are a couple of > problems. 1) I was not able to get the bezel back on properly. For > some reason, maybe the screen is a mil or two > wider, the bottom part of the bezel did not seal properly. I'm hoping > Tom can help at the next meeting. Asus K601. > > 2) And the more immediate problem: I rebooted the computer to show > everyone what a broken screen looked like. Of course, the screen was > shattered so all anyone could see were the black lines and splotches > across the screen with some lighter areas, so I couldn't shut down > properly. I had to press the start button until the computer shut > down. When I booted after installing the screen the system tried to > fix itself. I had this wonderful idea to boot from a live cd and run > fsck, so I shut down the system again after half an hour. Then I got > gibberish on the screen when I started it again, after I failed to > locate the live cd. > > Well, I obviously found the cd and am considering reinstalling. > <bold>I am concerned about wiping out my home partition</bold> and > have backed up those items that say I have access to them. In > addition I ran gparted to identify whether my partitions were in > order. It said my home partition was fine, while my / partition is > screwed. BTW, grub works fine, and the boot says /sbin/init is > missing or damaged. I cannot mount my / partition. So. I am babbling > here.... Sorry I guess I'll have to google it. > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
