<p style="padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0;">Hello Nio,</p>
<p style="padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0;">Part of email with information related to PPC (IBM PowerPC architecture used for example in ancient Apple machines) was for Fritz.</p>
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<p style="padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0;">So, do you had seen grub black and white screen? if yes, then you can select <u><em>recovery mode</em></u> using arrow keys, and boot to text mode. Once done and you will see prompt press ENTER for maintenance. Just press enter, and you will see prompt <em>root@hostname#</em> and you can check your video card type. It will be listed in output of command <em>lspci</em>. If that card is i8XX or i9XX, you can connect cable connection and follow commands apt update and apt full-upgrade to have new packages installed. If that card will be different, just write in response full line with your video adapter from <em>lspci</em> command.</p>
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<p style="padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0;">Of course, there are also other posibilites how to enter recovery/maintenance mode, but not so much easy as to press escape and use arrow keys followed by enter.</p>
<p style="padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0;"> </p>
<p style="padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0;">PS: Cmdline <em>text</em> was only alias. Correct boot parameter for kernel was <em>vga=text</em>, with optional removal of aliases <em>silent</em> and <em>splash</em>. But that was used only if grub had not prepared menu entry "<u>recovery mode</u>".</p>
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<p style="padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0;">______________________________________________________________<br />
> Od: Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@gmail.com><br />
> Komu: Peter Golis <golisp@centrum.sk><br />
> Dátum: 10.05.2016 08:38<br />
> Predmet: Re: [lubuntu-users] Booting into the dreaded black screen . . . pedal<br />
></p>
<p style="padding:0 0 0 0; margin:0 0 0 0;">> CC: <Aere@dvorak-keyboards.com, este.el.paz@gmail.com, Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com></p>
Hello Peter,<br />
<br />
When you wrote this mail to me, did you think of PC or PPC or both?<br />
<br />
I think too, that it should often work in text mode, but there are <br />
problems with systemd, that it works with either graphics mode or text <br />
mode. I found this link:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://ask.xmodulo.com/boot-into-command-line-ubuntu-debian.html">http://ask.xmodulo.com/boot-into-command-line-ubuntu-debian.html</a><br />
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The boot option 'text' does not work for me in newer systems.<br />
<br />
sudo nano /etc/default/grub<br />
<br />
Look for a line that starts with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT,<br />
and comment out that line by prepending # sign.<br />
This will disable the initial splash screen, and enable verbose <br />
mode(i.e., showing the detailed booting procedure).<br />
<br />
Then change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" to:<br />
<br />
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="text"<br />
<br />
Next, uncomment the line that says "#GRUB_TERMINAL=console".<br />
<br />
Save and update-grub<br />
<br />
-o-<br />
<br />
For systemd-enabled desktop only: If your desktop uses systemd<br />
(e.g., for Debian 8 or later or Ubuntu 15.04 or later), there is<br />
one additional step needed. That is to change the default target<br />
from "graphical" target to "multi-user" target. Skip this step<br />
if your desktop does not use systemd.<br />
<br />
$ sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target<br />
<br />
You can always revert to desktop boot later by restoring GRUB config <br />
file and running:<br />
$ sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target<br />
<br />
At this point, your desktop should boot into the command line when you <br />
reboot it.<br />
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Best regards<br />
Nio<br />
<br />
Den 2016-05-10 kl. 08:14, skrev Peter Golis:<br />
> Hello Nio,<br />
> Pres Escape key several times util GNU GRUB table will be shown. If that<br />
> grub black and white table will be visible, you can install missing<br />
> device driver in text mode. Yust confirm as video driver for old Intel<br />
> graphic cards looks reanimated:<br />
><br />
> <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all§ion=all&arch=any&keywords=xserver-xorg-video-intel&searchon=names">http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all§ion=all&arch=any&keywords=xserver-xorg-video-intel&searchon=names</a><br />
><br />
> Hello Fritz,<br />
> According to your deleted email, each of this email have appended<br />
> signature of this mailing list. So, simply click on link which is on<br />
> line 'Modify settings or unsubscribe at', locate second link<br />
> 'Lubuntu-users Archives' and click on it. You will see simple table.<br />
> Click on March 2016, view by date and fourth email sent by me will have<br />
> that parameters which can enable hibernation and correct initialization<br />
> of video adapter in Apple PPC machines. Once done, and you want to fix<br />
> that, come to me and confirm if you are booting computer using your<br />
> favorite grub or yaboot which is standard on PPC architecture. But you<br />
> will need to provide also output of some commands which I had not seen<br />
> from you even you was asked several times. Do you ever have Linux?<br />
><br />
> Peter.<br />
><br />
> ______________________________________________________________<br />
> > Od: Fritz Hudnut <este.el.paz@gmail.com><br />
> > Komu: lubuntu user list <lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com>,<br />
> > Dátum: 09.05.2016 22:02<br />
> > Predmet: [lubuntu-users] Booting into the dreaded black screen . . .<br />
> pedal to the metal<br />
> ><br />
><br />
><br />
><br />
><br />
><br />
> On 05/09/2016 10:37 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:<br />
> > If you have people affected by black screen, or no X starting, or no<br />
> > lightdm starting, with Intel card, could you advise them to install<br />
> > this package, reboot, and see if it's working (and report back) ?<br />
> ><br />
> > This should affect only fresh install, upgrade should be fine (as<br />
> this<br />
> > package was included in previous releases).<br />
> My 999 megahertz machine has been booting to a black screen since<br />
> Lubuntu 15.10, and it still happened with 16.04. So I assumed that<br />
> machine can no longer be used. Even the latest 14.04 now boots to a<br />
> black screen on it.<br />
><br />
> How can one install a package when the live system boots to a black<br />
> screen?<br />
><br />
> There is no console mode visible, and no wireless yet (because the<br />
> passphrase has yet to be entered, and cannot be entered).<br />
><br />
> --<br />
> Sincerely,<br />
> Aere<br />
><br />
> @Aere:<br />
><br />
> Possibly there is no correlation, but I have Lubuntu 16.04 running very<br />
> nicely on my PPC G4 iBook 933 MHz w/646 MB RAM . . . circa '04ish.<br />
> Probably I needed to use some "boot params" to get the radeon card<br />
> "recognized" . . . but, in PPC we are "used" to needing some "words"<br />
> with the Yaboot second screen . . . . You should be able to get Lubuntu<br />
> 16 going??? You just need some magic words to mumble over it . . .<br />
> different words are needed for different video cards, etc.<br />
><br />
> F<br />
><br />
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