I rushed foolishly into a full install of Ubuntu Linux on my COmpaq Armada M300 laptop. Now I’ve backed myself into a usability corner. Techncially, the OS is installed, I just can’t really use it, because of the end-run I did around a video-driver catch-22.
Long story short, if I don’t pass the boot parameter vga=771, I can’t complete the install, because the native video driver goes wonky without the parameter. I need it to complete all the text-based config menus during the install. However, after the install process, the correct video driver is in use, and the vga=771 parameter causes the GUI interface to be unreadable. Luckily, I can drop to a terminal with [CTRL][ALT][F1], which gets me to a command prompt. My problem now is that I need to find out where the vga=771 boot parameter is specified and take it out of the boot process–all from the command line.
Unfortunately, I’m a total n00b, so I have no idea how to accomplish this. If somebody can point to where the boot parameters are specified and tell me how to edit them, I would be quite grateful.