Install Ubuntu 9.10 on Solo 9500
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 9.10 on a Gateway Solo 9500 laptop. When the machine boots it gets to a certain point and the power cuts off. The next time it boots it displays a Grub menu asking me what to start. Either OS selection will cause the power to pop off. From past experience I know I have to blacklist an Intel driver. After much fussing around I finally got the blacklist entry installed.
Now the computer boots to a command prompt. The GUI is nonexistent. How go I get the machine to boot the GUI? If I have to reinstall the OS how do I get the blacklist entry installed before the next reboot?
I would like to add a 5 second timeout to the /boot/grub/menu.lst file but that file is gone on the hard drive. Is the operating parameter still being used?
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