On the Windows side it will not let you use unetbootin to make a bootable usb. I'm new to the group my wife and I were thinking of moving up by the twin cities. Currently I am in the NWIA area. If I was closer I would help you I have been using Linux for 15yrs off and on, but it the primary OS. Can you get in the Windows side at all? On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Wendell Bell <wendell.bell at gmail.com> wrote: > Andrew, > > That's kind of why I'm pleading for help: I've tried, from the Windows > side, to create a disk and/or a USB stick that will work, but failed. > > As for being backed up, I'm accustomed to losing all my data with every > hardware replacement and every hard reset, so this won't be any different. > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 12:50 PM Andrew Krull <andrew.krull at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 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). 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