Thread: Gregg's Nearly Interminable Adventures in Linux Land
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Old 05-15-2016, 06:00 PM   #674
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Do the two 16.04 kernels even show in the grub menu?
Yes.

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If not, it needs to be rebuilt. Try "sudo update-grub" in a terminal.
Already did that. I've been in the Ubuntu forum and this guy was helping me--he tried a million things and actually the computer just kept getting worse.

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What that does is change what OS selection is the default to boot into when the machine is started. It should not affect the success of an upgrade.
Thanks. I think I'm going to change it anyway. I mean, I have to boot from the GRUB so it doesn't make any difference what the default is.

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I had to Look Stuff Up. I know how to do that. You would be better off creating an account on the Ubuntu forums and asking your questions there. It's why they exist.

If I recall correctly, the 16.04 upgrade worked on your machine, but after it took longer than before for the expected screen to actually appear after booting. This is a video configuration issue, not a kernel problem. As I also recall, if you just waited a while, video would occur, and your main issue was not wanting to wait?
I just thought it would be an easy fix. The computer was working great--it just took 15 minutes to boot. Instead of the easy fix, we just kept going deeper and deeper and things got really convoluted. I was like, 'This is crazy' and bailed.

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I ran into something like this another Ubuntu installation. The machine used an ATI Mobility chipset, and would do 1280x768 native. After an upgrade, it would only do 1024x768 in Ubuntu. Poking around revealed Ubuntu knew 1280x768 was a supported video mode, but I never could find where to make the change so Ubuntu would do it. That actually did get fixed by another version upgrade.
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That's what I'm hoping for. And well, you said an upgrade probably won't fix it, but will I just have the same situation as now, ie. booting from GRUB?

Thanks.
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