Ubuntu can't boot OCELOT LUCID

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On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Good morning, Tobias. Very good questions you have. I think I can answer
> the first half-way, and I am sure I can answer your second question. Do you
> get past the boot screen with Oneiric and Lucid? In the boot screen (GRUB),
> to boot into different operating systems (different versions of
> Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/etc, Windows or other OS), when inside GRUB, select
> between the different operating systems by using the down and up keys on
> the keyboard. Then, press the enter/return key on the keyboard to boot the
> selected operating system. Do you know this is a VGA problem? If so, I have
> no clue how to solve this, unless you install drivers for VGA. If you
> install VGA driver software, you are installing this inside the operating
> system, not GRUB. Therefore, if this is a GRUB problem, the problem will
> still persist with GRUB, even after installing driver software.
>
> For your second question, this is a Kubuntu-only support centre. Ubuntu
> questions should be asked in *Ubuntu Forums <http://ubuntuforums.org>* or
> *Ask Ubuntu <http://askubuntu.com>*. I hope this helps!
>
> In Christ,
> Ryan
>
>
> On 05/18/2012 08:13 AM, tobias schwibingerr wrote:
>
>
> good morning
> I am very new with linux.
>
>  but I can use evolution and firefox and this is better than win
> online
>
>  my question:
> I only can boot hardy
> but not lucid or ocelot
> it is a vga problem.
>
>
>  is f4 the right way?
>
>  shall I mail lspci oder lshal?
>
>
>
>  second question
> is this a community for linux and ubuntu and xubuntu and so on
> or only for kubuntu.
>
>  thank your forwarf for help
>
>  whysky
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Kaj Haulrich *<kaj at haulrich.net> <kaj at haulrich.net>* schrieb am *Fr,
> 18.5.2012:
>
>
> Von: Kaj Haulrich <kaj at haulrich.net> <kaj at haulrich.net>
> Betreff: Re: Ubuntu can't boot from ASUS P8P67 PRO
> An: "Kubuntu user technical support" <kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com><kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Datum: Freitag, 18. Mai, 2012 07:08 Uhr
>
> On 05/18/2012 01:06 AM, Linux User wrote:
> > On 05/17/2012 11:34 PM, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> >> On 05/17/2012 10:27 PM, Linux User wrote:
> >>> Asus P8P67 pro is not booting into Kubuntu/Ubuntu. it has UEFI...It
> >>> boots into Windows only. Kubuntu's grub was installed on sda (the
> >>> only HDD)
> >>
> >> You will have to reinstall, this time telling the installer to put
> >> grub on the EFI-partition.
> >
> > which one will be EFI partition? How to find? It's dual boot with
> > Windows on sda1 and Ubuntu installed on sda2
>
> I guess there must be a way to see the EFI partition from inside Windows -
> sometimes called the 'system' or 'hidden' partition. Not sure though,
> because first thing I do with a new computer is to erase Windows completely.
>
> However, on a EFI-system, when installing Linux you'll have to create an
> EFI partition (around 100 MB) anyway and put grub-efi on it. On my system
> that is sda2.  As far as I can tell there is no way of getting rid of this
> UEFI rigmarole and revert to the good, old BIOS.
>
> There is some further information here:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting
>
> Kaj Haulrich.
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Using F4 and selecting "nomodeset" may get it to boot for you.  If that
does work, then you will need to add that to /etc/default/grub.

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