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| riles | can I get some tips. I have exhausted all I know and am kinda SOL | 22:27 |
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| riles | I am on another computer because my Macbook pro was running 12.4 of Ubuntu so I decided to try 12.10. | 22:29 |
| riles | Now when I start my computer about 80% of the time the sign in screen shows but then after I sign in it freezes. | 22:30 |
| riles | The times that I get though it freezes after lots of small visual glitches. | 22:30 |
| riles | What should I do? | 22:30 |
| holstein | i would just go back to 12.04 riles | 22:35 |
| riles | How do I do that? | 22:35 |
| riles | I can't get my computer to read the disc drive. I press ESC at menu and nothing shows the disc in the device | 22:36 |
| riles | *at boot | 22:36 |
| holstein | well, ubuntu nor linux are magic. if the hardware is failing, that wont help | 22:36 |
| holstein | riles: i would get the 12.04 live CD you likely used to install 12.04 and reinstall it | 22:37 |
| holstein | i would test the memory and the hard drive | 22:37 |
| riles | alright. | 22:37 |
| riles | which button do I hold at boot? | 22:37 |
| riles | The drive is working I made a mint disc when I got it to run one of the few times. | 22:38 |
| holstein | riles: all of that depends on the machine | 22:39 |
| holstein | riles: when i had a macbook and was testing, i believe it was just the "c" key | 22:39 |
| holstein | could have been "apple+C" | 22:39 |
| riles | I am on a 100% ubuntu macbook | 22:39 |
| holstein | riles: the operating system makes no difference | 22:39 |
| riles | i s | 22:39 |
| riles | weird. | 22:39 |
| holstein | riles: you are asking the hardware to boot a CD.. that is before the OS loads | 22:39 |
| riles | I am rebooting the device now | 22:40 |
| holstein | riles: each machine boots CD's in a different way.. typyically from the bios | 22:40 |
| holstein | the apple hardware doesnt have a traditional bios in that sense.. so it can be a bit more tricky, though arguably more "attractive" | 22:40 |
| riles | learning new things today | 22:40 |
| riles | the screen just went purple... shit. | 22:41 |
| holstein | riles: try and keep it clean here.. the language | 22:42 |
| riles | sorry. | 22:42 |
| holstein | riles: i would just try and boot a live CD | 22:42 |
| holstein | riles: i would tap the shift key.. i would try down at the bottom "F6" and select "nomodeset" | 22:43 |
| riles | could i put something into terminal to get it to boot from the disc? | 22:43 |
| holstein | this is what i reffered to with the apple hardware i had https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook | 22:43 |
| holstein | riles: no | 22:43 |
| holstein | riles: you can boot the live CD.. holding shift | 22:44 |
| riles | okay | 22:44 |
| holstein | riles: then, at the bottom.. you'll see F6 | 22:44 |
| holstein | in that f6 menu.. you'll see "nomodeset" | 22:44 |
| holstein | this will kind of "put something in the terminal" | 22:44 |
| holstein | riles: i would test the memory there... try and get to a live desktop and look at the hard drive | 22:45 |
| riles | I held shift and it did not do anything, resumed normal boot | 22:46 |
| holstein | riles: cool | 22:46 |
| riles | ? | 22:47 |
| holstein | riles: this will *not* be easy.. nor will it just automatcially happen for you. nor will apple or anyone else be able to help you | 22:47 |
| holstein | riles: what did i do? | 22:47 |
| holstein | i put the cd in.. i removed the hard drive so i wouldnt "break" it, forcing reboots | 22:47 |
| holstein | riles: i tried the live CD.. if that fails, i use the tap shift and f6 option | 22:47 |
| riles | shift+f6? | 22:48 |
| holstein | riles: you likely are not doing the key sequences in the order the hardware is expecting | 22:48 |
| holstein | riles: no | 22:48 |
| holstein | riles: i would hit c.. or whatever it is that boots the cd | 22:48 |
| holstein | when you hear the cd loading.. hold shift | 22:48 |
| holstein | that should bring up the options wth f6 at the bottom... which are not a big deal, since its just an alternative, and nothing to worry about | 22:49 |
| holstein | if you cant get that to work, move on | 22:49 |
| riles | okay | 22:49 |
| holstein | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook was quite helpful for me though | 22:49 |
| holstein | that should tell you, by the model you have, what you should need to do | 22:49 |
| riles | alright thanks. | 22:50 |
| holstein | i think you should rule out hardware issues.. | 22:50 |
| riles | Is there anyway to just wipe my system clean? | 22:50 |
| holstein | riles: sure.. boot one of these live CDs and wipe it | 22:50 |
| riles | I have my documents backed up and my osx on an xternal | 22:51 |
| holstein | riles: you'll need to sort out how to boot a live CD.. be that an apple OS one, or an ubuntu one.. or something with gparted | 22:51 |
| riles | alright. | 22:51 |
| riles | I could partition the drive and then slap on the osx and then delete the ubuntu right? | 22:52 |
| riles | I have a sucessful boot. Testing memory | 22:52 |
| holstein | riles: those are options that can be done after booting an osx installer disc.. correct | 22:52 |
| riles | how do I do a memory test? | 22:53 |
| holstein | riles: i boot a live CD with a memory test on it | 22:53 |
| holstein | the ubuntu ones have it.. but you need to press shift at the correct time | 22:53 |
| riles | okay | 22:54 |
| holstein | riles: you would hold C to get the cd to load.. them press shift to show the menu with the f6 options that i mentioned and the memtest | 22:54 |
| holstein | OR, just get a diagnostic live CD such as ultimate boot cd | 22:54 |
| riles | okay. I will give this all a shot. | 22:55 |
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