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ah, the 2nd tip was very helpful.

indeed that file was blank.

so i was able to refer to my 2nd laptop, cut/paste. and i'm back in business.

thank you so very much! :)

well, i have two laptops. one can access through my router just fine.

while the other can't.

i restarted the modem/router. still nothing with the faulty one.

and, interestingly, i restarted...

Wondering if someone might know how to point me in the right direction.

Somehow, my setup no longer can resolve domains. (ie: www.google.com) from ping or from a browser, etc. But, I can ping the...

does anyone know how to set it up so that a "roving" ubuntu netbook will adjust its system "time" to the timezone it's currently in at any given moment -- assuming it has periodic internet...

ok, i've been looking at this while doing other things... and, i have figured this out to some extent.

i now got it so that i can actually login and the keyboard *does* work while i do it. and,...

the latest - i did build a new kernel a 2nd time. this time with git and the instructions that david kindly forwarded to me.

it seems to be a better kernel. it seems faster. but, it -- like the...

still plugging on this. thanks for the occasional tips david. i get by, but i'm certainly no guru on the inner workings of ubuntu. much less the kernel. so the ideas mentioned are very informative...

david,

the "i915.modeset=1" command seems to adjust the fonts properly on the screen. the "i915.modeset=0" makes it flicker green a little bit, but doesn't seem to adjust the fonts right like the...

david,

haven't yet tried that. (will do next though...)

but a little update on where things stand.

i did try recreating the kernel last night. it does seem to get me a bit farther, but not...

hmm, well i've been following these instructions...

http://linuxtweaking.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-to-compile-kernel-on-ubuntu-1004.html

and it just occurred to me, perhaps it's not "possible"...

bluescream,

well, yes -- i may end up doing just that. hate thinking it'll come to that. i also have alot of customizations i'd hate to lose also... plus, for now i can access everything thru the...

ok, back where i started.

after a little playing around, i *can* still mount the partition from wubi. but, i still *cannot* login into it via grub. it doesn't appear that grub's config itself is...

i see some encouraging discussion about this problem here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1343648&page=2

seems to imply i should upgrade gdm.... but now i can't mount that drive at...

ok, seems the fsck cleaned up those file and index "issues". and, i'm seeing now an error that i've seen before (again after bypassing the quiet splash).

the error is:

"init: ureadahead-other...

the latest on this:

taking out the "quiet splash" and setting it to "nomodeset xforcevesa" (as david suggested) reveals more information as to what's going on...

here's the kind of msgs i'm...

ok, here's the message when i try to get in with 32.21:

"mount: mounting on /dev failed - no such device090523a1"
"starting up..."

then it goes to an ubuntu screen.
then a black screen and...

david,

thank you for the thoughtful reply.

i never did see the 32.22 kernel in the grub config nor any files in the /boot directory. it did say this, (see following lines) however in the...

well, i've got three questions based on the fact that i tried to unsuccessfully upgrade to 10.04 and now can't get back into my ubuntu system from the grub menu. (none of the recovery options load...