Grub Troubles

Instance A: Ticket 32493

HP

CPU: Athlon64 2.2Ghz
RAM: DDR 2G
Video: Radeon Xpress 200

Cannot load CLI (via Ctrl+Alt+F1) and the grub menu.

Fix 1

We found a line to uncomment in /etc/default/grub to enable the old style menu. This works just fine and looks very similar to the graphical menu.

Change this:

#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

To this:

GRUB_TERMINAL=console

Save the file and run 'sudo update-grub'

Fix 2

However the above method results in a very low resolution grub menu and thus a low res framebuffer console (Ctrl+Alt+F1). The issue seems to be because grub is auto detecting a resolution that is too high for a standard 1280x1024 monitor. Force it to 1024x768 should work for todays day and age.

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Uncomment the following line

#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

and change resolution to 1024x768:

GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768

This setting can NOT be higher than the monitor that the user will be using! "If you go small, you can have it all!"

After editing, save and close the file and type:

sudo update-grub

Instance B: Ticket 32496

Dell

CPU: 1Ghz Sempron
RAM: 1 Gigabyte
Video: Nvidia Geforce 6150 SE nForce 430

Issue and solution seem to be the same as Instance A.

Nouveau Woes

==Instance A: Ticket 32498

HP

CPU: AMD Athlon64 4600+
RAM: 2 Gigabytes
Video: Nvidia C51 GeForce 6150 LE

Problems with Kernel Mode Setting,X does not start and framebuffer is formatted wrong. Adding "nomodeset" to kernel commandline seems to fix it but probably sacrifices some performance

Install nvidia-current-updates to get driver from nvidia that works.

Distro Hardware Troubles

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