How do I always boot to the old version of Linux?

ubuntu.fan · 05-02-2012, 09:07 AM

Hi, I completely messed up the video drivers in Kubuntu 12.04
Now when I boot, it only goes to a blank screen. So the only way to get to a usable desktop is to boot into recovery mode and selecting recent version of Linux.
But if I reboot it goes to that other version that won't boot.

So How do I set it to always go to the old version? or better yet, just uninstall that one that's messed up. thank you.

em31amit · 05-02-2012, 10:08 AM

select rescue mode or runlevel 1 at grub screen

TobiSGD · 05-02-2012, 10:11 AM

This is a misconception, caused by a wrong labelling in the bootloader: You can't uninstall 12.04, since it is actually the only version on that partition. Loading the "recent version" means nothing more than starting 12.04 with the kernel from your pre-upgrade OS. It would be easier to either do a clean install or to open a thread for your video problem, so that we can help you with that.

ubuntu.fan · 05-02-2012, 12:50 PM

Clean install is my best option, I'm going back to what worked. Kubuntu 10.04 and hopefully the nvidia drivers will work. thank you for the reply