Mecharius;
Wonderful attitude, you will go far.
Ok; procedure to edit the system files to exclude the module "sp5100_tco".
1. Boot up the liveCD to the desk top (use your boot parameters);
2. At the desk top activate a terminal -> combo keys ctl+alt+t
2a. In this terminal you will establish a mount point; terminal commands:
Code:
sudo mkdir /mnt/test
now one wants to make sure of what one is working with;
2b, in that output IF there is only one hard drive will be a line "sda1" with an "*", the "*" denotes the boot flag set here.
now we are going to attach that hard drive to the file systems' mount point as established above;
3.
Code:
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/test
3a. Make sure we are smart and working with the correct file system;
Code:
mount
ls -la /mnt/test/etc/default/grub ##(known reference)
you see the mount point is made (last line from the mount command ?) and the "ls" command shows that the grub file exist. Looking good !
4. Now it gets dicy, you are going to enter super user mode, where you have supreme authority, ubuntu is going to do exactly what you tell it to do -even if it is wrong- pay careful attention to what you and I are doing. We are going to make that edit to a system file.
5. First make a backup - for whatever might happen reason-;
Code:
sudo cp /mnt/test/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf /mnt/test/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf-bak
6.
Code:
gksudo gedit /mnt/test/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
##note the use of "gksudo" we are using a graphical application and we want the elevated privileges as opposed to the term "sudo".
6b. The file editor opens with the blacklist.conf file loaded ("*Untitled Document 1") is a non-invasive bug you can safely kill it.- black bold X and "close without saving -
6c. gedit is ubuntu's default file editor, in this instance it is a what you see is what you get editor. So, arrow down to the last line in that file and to the end of that line do a "return" to start a new line. Documentation is a really good thing to do - the 5 "w"'s.
add: this line: ->
#XXX01Apr13 edit made to exclude module sp5100_tco as it conflicts with other modules upon booting.
where XXX is your initials. Reason: makes a search easy when looking at some later time for any edits to any files. the "#" says to ignore this line as only a comment and not to be processed.
enter to make a new line
insert
blacklist sp5100_tco ## do another retun
and insert a "#" on this line. That indicates to anyone/thing reading this file that there is a newline character in that last line.
add only "sp5100_tco
#"[last line]
double check that I and/or you have made no mistakes.
7. SAVE and exit from your work -> back to the terminal.
8. MOST IMPORTANT if you have to - tie a string on you finger - (un)mount the hard drive from the file system, failing to do so will result in file system corruption on some level. I say again UNMOUNT that hard drive.
Code:
sudo umount /mnt/test
9. Close everything out and back on the desktop -> reboot
10. Try now to boot into your installed system without any boot parameters and see if you can. No, try with only the "nomodeset" option. No ? Add the next option .... No ? I have a boot options we can try.
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This is lengthy and looks daunting, once you have done this a couple of times you can do it in a matter of seconds.
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I have proof read this twice, looks good. But please look it over carefully, make sure you fully understand what we are doing and how we are doing it. Please if you have any questions, now is the time to ask before proceeding.
I welcome anyone else to proof read my directions.
how now brown cow
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Originally Posted by Bashing-om
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