I wish it were that simple, but I can't even open a grub shell on that
thing. Anyone else who has ideas?

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Does it use GRUB as the bootloader?  If so, you can interrupt the boot
> process to go to the GRUB menu, edit the boot option, add the "single"
> kernel parameter, then boot.  This should put you in a shell script upon
> bootup.  I have used this in debian, ubuntu, and mandriva.
>
> I don't know the equivalent for LILO.
>
> --- mike t.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Paolo Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Monday, August 4, 2008 7:36:09
> Subject: Re: [plug] acer aspire one X window does not load properly
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> The default distro installed on that machine, Linpus.
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Michael Tinsay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> What distro are you using?
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> > From: Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List <
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>> > Sent: Sunday, August 3, 2008 2:06:04
>> > Subject: [plug] acer aspire one X window does not load properly
>> >
>> > Hi:
>> >
>> > My mom-in-law bought an Acer Aspire One. It happened though that it
>> > now doesn't load X properly - what we see now is a black screen with
>> > the X cursor but no XFCE loading up. Any idea how to fix this? Or at
>> > least get the Aspire One to boot to runlevel 1?
>> >
>> > Paolo
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