Slopoke wrote:First let me say that I really enjoy this system. It seems to work so much better on so many applications. However I did'nt realize I was going to have to tweak and enter so much myself. OOOOhhh newbie! But am enjoying learning. So, does this kernel thingy have any thing to do with my boot problems. After my full install, it started with a log in screen. user and password. flashes a bunch of crap real fast and leaves me with a command prompt $ and so on. What is going on. Is there a site or forum that explains all this for new-to-unbuntu folks. We need more detailed instructions.
Hi Slopoke and welcome to the forum,
If you select recovery mode at the grub screen it will scroll a bunch of text and if it hangs and says errors let us know what they are so we can figure out the problem you're having. What this post is about is installing a newer kernel which may not have anything to do with your issue.
Did it start doing that from the start after the install ?
What are your system specs. like what graphics card do you have ?
At the command prompt after you login you can try
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sudo service gdm start
More details on what flashes like the error it gives would help us help you.
There are lots of guides but most are outdated I learned most of what I know from reading the forums.
This section is full of good info. How To's (Do not post questions please)
Guides
Karmic Koala Bible AND so much more good info.
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1011078
http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/index
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/
A couple cheat sheets you can print out
http://fosswire.com/post/2008/4/ubuntu-cheat-sheet/
http://fosswire.com/post/2007/8/unixlinux-command-cheat-sheet/
Linux alternatives to windows apps
http://www.osalt.com/
http://www.linux.org/apps/
http://www.linuxappfinder.com/
Gimpshop alternative maybe
http://www.rawtherapee.com/
Everyone asks coming from windows
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Linuxvirus