[PLUG] I broke my eeePC

[Denis Heidtmann]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com> wrote:

> On 04/26/12 11:56, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> It sounds like you are seeing a bios menu, not grub.  However, if you
> >> have managed to get to the grub menu, edit the kernel options, adding
> >> the word text to the end, then boot.  This should boot into text-only,
> >> no X11.
> >>
> >> http://askubuntu.com/a/81181
> >>
> >> galen
> >>
> >
> > I think I may be getting somewhere.  I got into Grub (Grub 2 uses shift).
> >  I was presented with the option to edit the entries.  Now I am presented
> > with a screen:
> >
> > setparms ' Ubuntu, with Linux 3.0.0-19-generic'
> >
> > recordfail
> > set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode
> > insmod gzzio
> > insmod part_msdos
> > ...
> > initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-19-generic
> >
> >
> > Where do I had the "text"?  In the first line setparms..., or in the body
> > of the commands, or in that last line?
>
> Assuming you're seeing something like this:
> <
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Editing_the_GRUB_2_Menu_During_Boot
> >
>
> Add "text", without the quotes, to the end of the line that begins
> with linux.  You are passing an option to the linux kernel.
>
> BTW, if you want to see all of the kernel boot messages, delete
> "quiet".  In some cases the kernel can get hung up due to video driver
> issues.  Under those circumstances, you would delete "splash".
>
> galen
>

Thanks so much for your guidance.  I was able to get to text mode and
modify the file back to where it was. The netbook now is back to where it
was.

Why changing what looked like touch-pad on to touch-pad off killed the
keyboard is a mystery to me.

-Denis

> --
> Galen Seitz
> galens at seitzassoc.com
>
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