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 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> >> This communication, including any attachments, may contain information >> that is proprietary, privileged, confidential or legally exempt from >> disclosure. 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