juise-
April 24th, 2009, 12:09 PM
Hi,
I was upgrading from 8.04 -> 9.04, and run into a problem where X would get stuck (complaining about missing 'freetype' library, not responding to any kb/mouse input so I cannot get to console or respond to the 'OK' button shown). Something like this was expected, so I tried using 'single' boot parameter at grub to go and edit my xorg.conf.
So far so good, I get a nice debconf menu prompting for options what to do (normal boot, root shell etc). Only that the menu does not work! (trying to navigate with arrow keys just prints ^B etc.)
Any ideas how to skip this and get a root shell?
I was upgrading from 8.04 -> 9.04, and run into a problem where X would get stuck (complaining about missing 'freetype' library, not responding to any kb/mouse input so I cannot get to console or respond to the 'OK' button shown). Something like this was expected, so I tried using 'single' boot parameter at grub to go and edit my xorg.conf.
So far so good, I get a nice debconf menu prompting for options what to do (normal boot, root shell etc). Only that the menu does not work! (trying to navigate with arrow keys just prints ^B etc.)
Any ideas how to skip this and get a root shell?