Also when i start up it tells me it is missing B43legacy......if that throws any light. I am relatively well versed in windows command line...old dos..but unix is still a mystery.
Thanks for that. The tty T the top is tty 1. Is bash the fuller console you are talking about. If not how do i access a fuller console. Sorry to be a pest but i am trying to understand. By the way from tty1 I cn run and use python
I am communicating on an android samsung s3. When i boot i get yaboot which gives me the option of booting from the kernal or the cd rom. I have the ubuntu alternative on dvd and also usb but have not been able to boot from either. I also have a disk with slacko. I need some more help...
Once when trying to start 16.04 gui i got a scrren askking me to update video display but not any more can you ppoint me to instuction oon how to do that from command line.
On startup it gous to kununtu i then get the loginn screen which frezzes. I can use ctr alt f3 to get to the terminal if i do it before the startup appears.
Have a powerbook g4 that came with ubuntu 12.4 installed. Foolishly i updated to 16.4 and have not been able to run th unity gui or any other.
I have spent about two weeks researching which has been very educational and have tried many things non of which have worked. I think the problem is...