In Episode 9 of my Wacky Linux Adventures,
I documented a clumsy, inefficient method of permanently changing
Ubuntu’s boot parameters. Below is the ‘proper’ method, which you’ll
likely need if ever you run into a common (to me) VGA driver issue:
- When the system finishes booting (which may only be apparent by
relative quiet from the hard drive, as your display may be garbled),
log in.
- Once logged in, jump to a terminal with [CTRL][ALT][F1].
- When prompted, log in as the primary user
- Enter cd /boot/grub
- Enter sudo pico menu.lst
- When challenged, enter the primary user password
- Inside the menu.lst file, scroll down past the line ## ## End Default Options ## ##
- You should now see a list possible boot parameters (the same list
you can choose from if you interrupt the GRUB loader). Each set will
include a line that begins with kernel. Add or delete the appropriate boot parameters (in my driver case, remove vga=771) from this line in each set.
- Enter [CTRL][O] to write out the modified file
- When prompted with File Name to Write: menu.lst simply hit [ENTER] to overwrite the old menu.lst file
- Enter [CTRL][X] to exit
- At the prompt, enter sudo reboot
The system should reboot with the new boot parameters.
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