2010/6/3 Anne Wilson <cannewilson googlemail.com>: > I'm not sure what's happening on my new laptop - the F13 one. ?I had quite a > few windows open. when suddenly the screen scrambled - it looked as though > holes were punched in every character. ?The wallpaper and plasmoids were > unaffected. ?It held like that for a few seconds, then dropped out to a black > screen with a white cursor. ?It wouldn't accept any input from keyboard or > mouse. > > I powered off, waited a while and powered up again. ?It got to the f-infinity > buble completed, and stuck there. ?Thinking that it may be a kernel update (I > usually reboot when I see one, but could have missed doing) I tried the > previous kernel. ?Exactly the same. ?f-infinity. ?That's all. > > Any ideas as to what could have gone wrong? ?Without a clue it's difficult to > decide on a plan of action. > > Anne Remove rhgb & quiet from the editable boot prompt or press esc to see the boot text, will bring more clues. ...dex
