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<mailto: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<mailto:Jeremy.MountainJohnson at gmail.com> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Wendell Bell <wendell.bell at gmail.com<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto:tclug-list at mn-linux.org> http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list This communication, including any attachments, may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential or legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not a named addressee, you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain a copy of or disseminate any portion of this communication without the consent of the sender and that doing so may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender via return e-mail and delete it from your system. In order to safeguard its employee data as well as sensitive patient, customer, business, legal and other information, the company uses all lawful means, under all applicable law, to access, monitor, preserve, collect and review all communications between employees and all other users only when, and to the extent necessary, to fulfill investigatory and other important business and legal responsibilities. By responding to this communication, or initiating additional communication with the company, you consent to such lawful monitoring, to the extent such consent is required and valid in your local area. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150121/bccac2d3/attachment-0001.html>