Okay..,. Time to change the title because now I know what broke.... the problem is x broke. It doesn't seem to want to play with the new kernel nicely this time around. Before I screwed around with the 64 bit processor and then went back to the 32 bit animal it did. What I don't understand is why x worked with the first installation of the 32 bit processor but it doesn't work with the current installation. On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > Funny thing is I'm online with my laptop in text mode. I just pinged > google to make sure! > > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> 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~(-: >> > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: