How do I boot to text only mode in Ubuntu 13.10

Discussion in 'Linux Virtual Machine' started by Kylar1, Mar 17, 2014.

  1. Kylar1

    Kylar1 Bit poster

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    Just applied the latest update for Parallels 9. Windows updated fine. Ubuntu just gets to a black screen after the login. I also have no mouse control (though I can type my password at the login screen - login graphics are good ). I have turned video acceleration off. I have tried to do a "blind" update by just typing in my password at the black screen after things settled down - no luck. Tried turning acceleration of and on - no luck. I also have on the black screen a message: "System problem detected" but I can not get it to go away.

    I have had this problem before - I know parallels wants my to reinstall parallels tools. I did it by booting Ubuntu into text only mode (no graphics) but I cannot figure out (or remember) how to do it. Any ideas?

    Thanks.
     
  2. Looran@Parallels

    Looran@Parallels Parallels Support

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  3. Kylar1

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    No joy. I tried the procedure on pg175 - I do not have a install parallels tools but do have update, waited, did not seem to do anything. Was able to get to terminal mode but I cannot mount the ISO - unknown file type iso9660. Tried directly as root with no luck. VM was working fine until the update. And as stated before I have no mouse or video control. Ideas?
    Thanks.
     
  4. Mark Fine

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    Not familiar with the Ubuntu distros, but if it's similar to Fedora, you should be able to hold down Ctrl+Opt+F2 to go to a text login screen.
     

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