Yes, the grub lets me select Windows rather than Ubuntu, and, once
selected, it loads normally.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015, 2:02 PM Kelly Williams <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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). 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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