Updating to 15.04

[Richard Barmann]

On 04/04/2015 09:50 PM, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On 04/04/2015 09:23 PM, Richard Barmann wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes I get the Grub screen. I have to pick Version 14..10 to read 
>>> your Emails and then boot up again to get to Version 15.04 to try 
>>> the fixes. I think I can get a Comand Line in Grub plus several 
>>> other choices. I really appreciate the time all of you are puting in 
>>> to help me solve this. I was just used to calling my friend, Robbie, 
>>> and he would tell me what to do or how to get the Info needed to 
>>> solve it. After he died I found I did not know that much about Linux 
>>> because he was always there
>
> Ok, try this.  I haven't had time to research it all, but it will be 
> temporary and won't hurt anything if it doesn't work.
>
> 1)  Boot to the grub screen
>
> 2) Press 'e'       (for edit)
>
> 3) You will see a 'boot sequence'  and near the bottom  (about the 2nd 
> line from the bottom) you will see a 'linux' line that has your kernel 
> mentioned.
>
> My linux line looks like:
> Konsole output
> linux   /vmlinuz-3.19.0-12-generic 
> root=UUID=8ac4a47b-5ba7-4dac-b259-5e4c87045518 ro  vga=795
>
>
> We're only concerned with the end part:   yours will probably have  
> ro  quiet splash
>
> replace the 'quiet splash'  with  the vga=795
>
> If you know more about your screen resolution, you might use the 
> appropriate value from the chart below.
>
>
> *VGA Resolution and Color Depth reference Chart:*
>
> *Depth* 	*800×600* 	*1024×768* 	*1152×864* 	*1280×1024* 	*1600×1200*
> 8 bit 	vga=771 	vga=773 	vga=353 	vga=775 	vga=796
> 16 bit 	vga=788 	vga=791 	vga=355 	vga=794 	vga=798
> 24 bit 	vga=789 	vga=792 		vga=795 	vga=799
>
>
> 4) After the changes, press F10 to boot.
>
>
> Hope it does better for you.
>
>
> You might also try    vga=normal   but I am not sure that is used anymore.
>
>
I did the above two times but it did not save it. When I go back in it 
is back on quiet splash

This error showed up when I opened Thunderbird this time. Is it related 
and how to save the change in grub.
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Error launching /usr/share/applications/thunderbird.desktop. Either 
KLauncher is not running anymore, or it failed to start the application.
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Dick Barmann


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