I have done that. It seems to be a bit of a way out really, it doesnt get rid of the problem, and its gone back to a previous kernel. I tried updating from there, and it didnt work.
John On 02/05/10 12:33, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > I had a similar problem with my laptop when I upgraded to Lucid. It > would boot past GRUB, reach the screen with the Ubuntu logo then the > screen would go black and it would just sit there doing nothing. > > What I did (after much Googling) was to hold down SHIFT as soon as I > turned the machine on, it'll then show the GRUB boot menu. From there > you can choose a kinda safe mode and what-not. But mine still had the > previous kernel in the list of possible choices, so I booted with that > previous kernel option, and it worked. > > Now I'll need to install startupmanager to make that option the default > option in GRUB. > > Good luck! > -- Ubuntu User #30817 -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
