Okay... I fixed the desktop! I can now load it in 3.1.4. When I was unpacking the kernel I was entering dpkg -i x y z It liked: dpkg -i x dpkg -i y dpkg -i z better than all on the same line. But the laptop is another matter. I figured out how to boot into text mode with the 3.1.4 kernel (recovery mode) but x won't start and I don't know what to do. When I type sudo startx the screen just goes blank like it does when I don't load in recovery mode. On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > Sorry about my last message. I wrote it last night at around 3:30 in the > morning. > > Okay, here is the deal: The computer with Mint on it will not boot from > the hard drive. Only from the CD. As such I have Mint running on it. On The > Ububntu system (I have two computers going) I installed the 3.1.4 kernel > too but it didn't like it either. The screen just goes blank if I run 3.1.4 > and it gives me the kernel boot option if I restart it (every other time). > I tried synaptic (had to apt-get it) to remove the kernel but it wasn't in > the package list. I think that is because it is a newer kernel. > > Hmmmm..... I changed the boot order in Mint and it now is giving the > option of choosing kernels (on every other power down). Now I can boot the > laptop too. > > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 2:07 PM, James Mcphee wrote: > >> Sounds kinda like your video drivers are freaking out. Can you still >> boot to external media? >> >> On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> Why in the world don't I leave good enough alone! Well, I installed mint >>> and everything was perfect. The grafics were good, the sound was good, >>> everything was good after I installed the 3.1.4 kernel. Then I found out I >>> wasn't taking advantage of my 64bit processor so I reinstalled with a 64bit >>> operating system. That made things slower. So I reinstalled the 32 bit os >>> and everything went to hell! The screen now 'jumps ' around like it is >>> switching between desktops sometimes. I tried to install the 3.1.4 kernel >>> but that didn't work. uname -r reveals me kernel is still 3.0.0-12.... >>> well, at least it hasn't crashed..... ohhhhh right after the kernel >>> finished installing it did crash (the caps lock light started blinking and >>> it froze). and the panicing has started! It doesn't tell me it has paniced >>> but the caps lock button starts flashing and it locks up like in a panic. >>> So I was thinking that perhaps this was because I extracted the .deb >>> files through the GUI this time; so I did it through a shell and now after >>> the option to enter bios the screen goes black. I tried hitting the escape >>> key after the option to enter bios but it does nothing. It hasn't even >>> entered runtime 1 (me thinks). Eek gads! >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> James McPhee >> jmcphe@gmail.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: