Blinking cursor on boot (toshiba satellite a15) (alt+f1 does not work)

[integr8e]

Re: Blinking cursor on boot (toshiba satellite a15) (alt+f1 does not work)

You didn't see anything like "Press 'Esc' to enter the menu . . ."?

[acidque]

Re: Blinking cursor on boot (toshiba satellite a15) (alt+f1 does not work)

only the blinking cursor in the top left.

[integr8e]

Re: Blinking cursor on boot (toshiba satellite a15) (alt+f1 does not work)

Ugh! Alright, would you be against doing a reinstall?

[dibl]

Re: Blinking cursor on boot (toshiba satellite a15) (alt+f1 does not work)

There are several "VGA=" boot options -- I'm not the expert, because I don't need them. But if you search the fora, you will see "vga-791" (I think) and one or two others. These go at the end of the kernel boot line in /boot/grub/menu.lst. It might be the case that one of those options will get you past the problem.

There is also a "nosplash=y" option that appears to help some folks get past an incompatibility with the splash screen resolution.

HTH.

[acidque]

Re: Blinking cursor on boot (toshiba satellite a15) (alt+f1 does not work)

Not sure what went wrong here, I did a reinstall of Feisty Fawn using the special boot with vga options. Everything except my pcmcia networking card is working properly.

[dibl]

Re: Blinking cursor on boot (toshiba satellite a15) (alt+f1 does not work)

Cool! Well, sometimes you don't know why things just work ....

[integr8e]

Re: Blinking cursor on boot (toshiba satellite a15) (alt+f1 does not work)

It seems like every OS I've ever installed/reinstalled has had it's own personality, well, at least until after I've done some extensive customizing to get it to run the way I want. Strange . . .

Edit: Hey dibl, I'm gaining on you. You now only have about 1000% the number of posts I do (unless my math is wrong)

[dibl]

Re: Blinking cursor on boot (toshiba satellite a15) (alt+f1 does not work)

You hang in there, Integr8e -- it gets easier after the first 1,500.