Have a grub problem I think

Douglas Pollard dougpol1 at verizon.net
Sat Aug 8 13:06:42 UTC 2009


Andrew Farris wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 21:47 -0400, Douglas Pollard wrote:
>   
>> My computer is a dual boot machine XP and Ubuntu9.04 on two drives.  I 
>> had EMC2  running in Ubunt 8.04   and it uses a different kernal that 
>> does not work well doing video I'm told.  I switched to 9.04 with a live 
>> dvd so that I might install Cinelerra.  Of course this meant 
>> repartitioning the Linux drive  I think something has gone  wrong with 
>> grub.  When the window comes up to pick an operating system I can not 
>> move the highlight  up and down the list   using the up and down 
>> arrows.    Also  when Ubuntu is highlighted and counting down to a 
>> start, the enter key will not start Ubuntu . I keeps on counting and 
>> then starts on it's own.  My machine is 64 bit  dual processor but I 
>> installed a 32 bit ubuntu 9.04 by mistake but  I plan to reinstall a 64 
>> bit version.  Might that fix my boot problem?
>>     
>
> I know it's a stupid question but...
>
> Is your keyboard working right?  This speaks to me as all the symptoms
> of an unplugged/malfunctioning computer.
>
> sorry I can't be more helpful...
>
>
>   
I don't think the keyboard is the problem as it works after ubuntu boots 
up and opens.
                                        Doug




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