Author: hantslug Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Debian Woody
On Wednesday 28 Feb 2007 08:45, Alan Pope wrote: > Ubuntu wont fail to install just because it cant get the video working.
> The Live CD may not boot to the GUI of course, and in that case you can
> use the alternate CD which has a text based installer.
I'm afraid KUbuntu did - as did Knoppix. And I could only use what I had with
me.
> > And when even if it had
> > agreed to install, any files would have been invisible. ;-)
>
> Every Ubuntu install has a recovery mode - which is selectable from the
> boot up grub menu. In this mode it boots to a console - no GUI - and
> from there the necessary logs (the xorg for example) can be viewed, and
> changes made using text based tools.
Again, unusable if you can't see. For a GRUB menu to gbe used, one has to be
able to see it. :-)
