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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150121/30330df9/attachment.html>