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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