Re: [tlug] Ubuntu 18.04 - changing grub parameters

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com>]

On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 01:28, Kevin <kevin@example.com> wrote:
> Try holding the left shift key as it boots up. That will usually cause it to pause at the grub menu. Then you should be able to press E to enter edit mode.

I had already tried that. It made no difference - the boot went on
without stopping. I tried raising the hotkey timeout to 10 seconds,
but that didn't help.
The Esc key is the only one which intercepts to boot.

Jim

>
> Kevin
>
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 21:24 Jim Breen <jimbreen@example.com> wrote:
>>
>> )
>>
>> Today I decided it was time to get a new workhorse notebooks I bought
>> an HP Pavilion 15-cx0009tx, which seemed to have plenty of grunt. I
>> installed Ubuntu18.04 on it, and came to grief. Whenever I boot it it
>> freezes during or just after logging in. Mrs Google says it's a
>> not-uncommon problem with NVIDIA graphics cards.
>>
>> All the fixes people suggest involve editing the grub parameters, and
>> say to press "E" during boot to get the grub page. I can't make it do
>> that. "Esc" gets me to usual boot options (F9, F10, etc.), but nowhere
>> does "E" get me to the grub menu.
>>
>> Before I turn to other forums, I thought I'd ask the TLUG experts if
>> they had any suggestions.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> --
>> Jim Breen
>> Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University
>> http://www.jimbreen.org/
>> http://nihongo.monash.edu/
>>


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Jim Breen
Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University
http://www.jimbreen.org/
http://nihongo.monash.edu/