[Cialug] ubuntu 10.04

[Ken MacLeod]

Try holding the shift key during boot to get the grub menu.  (Got that from
Google for Ubuntu, I usually use Fedora)

Note that the vmware logo is a simple video overlay, it's not a boot phase
or in the way of the keyboard.  Holding the shift key, if that works, should
be done all the way through.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Dan Hockey <icepuck3k at yahoo.com> wrote:

> ctl+alt+del is the only menu option then that brings up the
> shutdown/restart menu.
> The vmware logo shows up first then ubuntu logo shows up before the login.
> The options(if any) of being able to fix this are looking slim.
> -dan
>
>
> From: Ken MacLeod <ken at bitsko.slc.ut.us>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] ubuntu 10.04
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 2:26 PM
>
>
> Does Player have a menu for sending ctl+alt?  I haven't used it in a few
> years.
>
> How about rebooting the vm into single user and disabling gdm until you get
> it fixed?
>
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Dan Hockey <icepuck3k at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=icepuck3k@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> I've been messing with an OpenEmbedded appliance with ubuntu in vmware
> player and I did a apt-get install gdm to install a very bare gnome which
> everything worked, but now I need to get back to the command line with no
> apparent way of doing so in gnome. I can't ssh into it because I mucked up
> the networking.
> Everything Google has found requires the command line to fix.
> Someone suggested ctl+alt+f1 but all that does is kicks me out of vmware
> and back into windows.
> As a last resort I guess I could delete the vm and start over.....if so how
> can I install gnome and avoid making the same mistake?
> -dan
>
>
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