[clug] Ubuntu issues

[Peter Ellis]

Rod,

It is definitely BIOS.
The USB is being recognised and 'starts', but then seems to not fully boot.

Peter

On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 15:29, Rodney Peters <rodneyp at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> Do you BIOS or is it actually UEFI.  The latter tends to default the
> boot medium to "most recently used", although calling up the UEFI boot
> menu (via one of F2, F11, Del etc) can select another medium.
>
> UEFI can also have a setting to EN/DISable "surround view" ie xtra video
> port.  The DE (desktop enviroment) can require the second monitor be
> powered up & connected at boot or login time.
>
> WiFi is one of my poorest suites.
>
> Rod
>
> On 08/02/2022 14:47, Peter Ellis via linux wrote:
> > Going on...
> >
> >  From what I've been able to find, a "live USB" with GParted is probably
> one
> > answer, and wipe out the various partitions.
> >
> > Also, I should have said that the machine has two screens, and since this
> > issue arose, only one screen is recognised (illuminates).
> > But, mainly the no-wifi is the issue; its practical uses have diminished
> > without that link to the WWW. (Yes, it's an old-ish wifi card, but it has
> > worked until recently, and I've added another wifi card, and neither is
> > being recognised.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Peter
> >
> > On Mon, 7 Feb 2022 at 19:34, Peter Ellis <vk1pe.peter at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I seem to have an issue with a machine here, with Ubuntu installed.
> >>
> >> It has forgotten how to find the wifi card, and will not boot from a USB
> >> Ubuntu 21.10 that has been fine, before; it "sticks" before getting into
> >> the live version from the USB.
> >>
> >> I've checked, and the BIOS is pointed at the USB in every way I can
> find.
> >>
> >> So, I feel that I can get past this by "uninstalling" or "spiking" the
> >> onboard Ubuntu, and going in on a seemingly clean disk that will not be
> >> interfering with the USB version.
> >>
> >> Suggestions, please?
> >> How do I "spike" or disable the disk version of Ubuntu?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Peter
> >>
>