[ale] Ubuntu driving me crazy (14.04)

[DJ-Pfulio]

Please post the URL generated by **boot-repair** , so we can get a complete view
of the system.

Lots of people have similar issues and get them solved at the ubuntuforums.com site.

Whenever there is a black screen at the first reboot, there tends to be a grub
boot option that is needed. Search for the PC model and "ubuntu {version}
install" to see if that has been solved previously.

Also - this sort of stuff is perfect for the Sunday meetups. Come early and
bring the HW needed to solve the issue.  Fixing a grub issue on Ubuntu is pretty
easy for me, unless there is some weirdness.


On 08/21/2015 12:30 PM, John Caruso wrote:
> I have installed it 6 or 7 times and never was grub installed. I finally
> installed boot-repair and it allowed grub to install. It refused to install
> on any partition I picked
> 
> However when grub comes up it has Ubuntu at the top and if that is selected
> the screen goes black and nothing happens. I took the option list to boot the
> linux kernel 3.0***** and that seemed to work until I tried Firefox today
> after having it work and the screen filled with gibberish. Is there a better
> browser for Linux?
> 
> My file system is:
> 
> /dev/sda /dev/sda    ntfs  320071 Mb   unknown /dev/sdb /def/sdb1 ntfs Win 7
> loader /dev/sdb2 ntfs Win7 loader free 340791 mb
> 
> In the normal install I could not load the bootloader to /dev/sda but
> boot-repair allowed that. At one point I was told that I had an invalid copy
> of Ubuntu.
> 
> I would really prefer to use Ubuntu but it is becoming like driving spikes
> under my fingernails.
> 
> Sorry if this is to long. John Caruso
>