Wendell,

Have you taken an install disk and booted into a live environment and at
least backed up your data?

--
Andrew Krull

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Wendell Bell <wendell.bell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Timothy,
>
> The Toshiba is a laptop, so no number pad, but I did try that combination
> to no effect.
>
> Something I just realized: before I log in, the top bar IS there, and it
> looks as it did. But after I log in, it, too, vanishes.
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 12:19 PM Neu, Timothy <TNeu at sjm.com> wrote:
>
>>  Control-Alt and the + / - keys on the number pad used to cycle through
>> available display resolutions in X11 and I believe still does.
>>
>>
>> I would try that.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:
>> tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] *On Behalf Of *Wendell Bell
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 21, 2015 12:09 PM
>> *To:* TCLUG Mailing List
>> *Subject:* Re: [tclug-list] Need help reinstalling Ubuntu--will pay &
>> bring computer to you (in the metro area)
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeremy,
>>
>> My grub lets me, under Advanced options for Ubuntu, select earlier Linux
>> kernels in either regular or recovery mode. But with every one I've tried,
>> still the same problem--just seeing what seems to be the center of the
>> screen only.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 10:53 AM Jeremy MountainJohnson <
>> jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I only use Ubuntu for some servers, but maybe this will help. Try
>> control-alt-F2 once in the Unity gui, and see if you can pull up the
>> console (ssh, if installed and running, would be another way to access
>> it). If you can get there and log in, this should allow you to install
>> an older kernel with dpkg or apt-get. Although, your issues sound like
>> they are related to graphic drivers, which I would actually recommend
>> looking into first before downgrading the kernel.
>>
>> Do you know if the graphics card is the stock Intel GPU for this
>> laptop? If so, what model is it? If you don't know, in the console run
>> sudo lspci and report the graphic chip set back. Hopefully you're able
>> to at least get to the command line.
>>
>> --
>> Jeremy MountainJohnson
>> Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Wendell Bell <wendell.bell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I have been using Ubuntu for over 4 years and it has been good. I was
>> > running 14.10 on a Toshiba R835 P56X--until December. Then, there was a
>> new
>> > kernel, and something went badly wrong. Ubuntu seems to load, but what
>> is
>> > shown on my laptop's screen is, seemingly, only the center of what there
>> > really is. The result is that there is nothing shown--or clickable--on
>> the
>> > left side with Unity, and nothing shown--or clickable--on the top.
>> (Shutdown
>> > is done by removal of the battery.)
>> >
>> > I've done everything I could think of: tried recovery mode, tried
>> earlier
>> > versions, went onto the Ubuntu forums seeking their counsel, tried what
>> they
>> > suggested etc. It looks like, from what they said, I will have to
>> reinstall
>> > Ubuntu, and just hope that existing files (I don't have a lot) will come
>> > across. The problem is that I don't have a live CD and can't seem to
>> create
>> > a USB stick on the Windows side of this Toshiba (it was recommended
>> that I
>> > go back to, and stick with 14.04 LTS).
>> >
>> > So, HELP! I'll pay whatever's fair, up to about $100. And I'll bring the
>> > computer to you, at a date and time convenient to you (I'm retired, so
>> > pretty flexible as to timing). But I would like to have Ubuntu on this
>> > computer, and, again, have it--usably--up and running. Is there anyone
>> here
>> > who can help me? Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > Wendell Bell
>> > wendell dot bell--gmail dot com
>> >
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