video card recommendation ?

[Goh Lip]

On 07/08/2011 03:02 AM, Bill Walton wrote:
> selections displayed:
>
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.6.32-32-generic root=UUID=7428b2c4-7f9d-4d28-->
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-32-generic
> quiet
>
> highlighted 'quiet' and used 'd' to remove it
> escape (back to grub menu)
> selected "Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS, kernel 2.6.32-32-generic
> enter
>
> Back to splash screen and hung.  Pull plug.  Send email.


highlight quiet, use 'delete' ('d'?)
do *not* escape
just press 'ctl' + 'x' keys (together) to boot


Looking at your earlier error message, suggest you add 'nomodeset' (no 
apostrophes) too to that line


Also
> ALERT! /dev/disk/bu-uuid/7428b2c4-7f9d-4d28-9c76-aff47817b633 does not exist. Dr
> opping to a shell!


looks very bad. At grub prompt, type ls, then ls (hd0,0)
please check uuid if altered. Looks like the partition is /dev/sda1

Since you're still on grub-legacy, best you try rebooting (if uuid or 
more likely the mapping is wrong, grub-legacy not good in this) by
manually typing at grub prompt the following instead...

root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinux-2.6.32-32-generic root=/dev/sda1 nomodeset
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-32-generic
boot

note:quiet is at same line as kernel, not at bottom
Regards - Goh Lip