Hi,<br>
Yesterday, I wanted to introduce a friend to Linux. Of course the
first thing one does it run a Live CD on the party in question PC.
That's when I landed in problem.<br>
The computer boots alright, but X is all fuzzy. I could make
icons here and there, but I would be lying to say the computer was
usable. Oh, and there was five instances of every object. i.e. Five
mice pointers, five firefox icons etc. I forgot to pick the hardware
profile of the computer, but that can be fixed tomorrow. <br>
My first reaction was, oh, easily, drop to level 3 and try
starting X manually. Kill it a minute later and look at the log. After
rebooting Ubantu, it dawned to me grub don't understand "e", "b" and
"a" commands. There is a silly diagnostic option, but it don't drop me
on a shell. Also, I can't get to the PC through the network as I don't
have a root password. How do you fix such an inflexible set up?<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance<br>
William<br>