Ubuntu installation

mordeith

Oaky,
So I tried installing Ubuntu (newbie )today and all seemed to go well. However when I went to boot from the harddisk after installation it crashed to a screen of flashing vertical lines. This used to happen when running from the CD as well until I set the VGA mode to match the cureent windows settings. However I can't seem to find this option when booting from the HD installation.
Anyone any ideas?

Notorious

Hey, when exactly do the vertical lines appear? Oh and what version of Ubuntu are you using? Is it Ubuntu Feisty or an earlier version?

mordeith

I'm using the latest Ubuntu release from the website v7.04.
The lines appear just before the desktop should show after the orange loading bar has completed

joe_chicken

you should try booting to recovery mode (press escape when you see a count down on the screen, and then select recovery mode in the list)

This should load to a command line. You can edit the config file with:

# sudo vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf

You should see graphics modes at the bottom of this file, have a look at xorg.conf example files online to see how to edit it (and how to use vi, if you haven't used it before)

blubloblu

vi? hardly newbie-friendly. Try using nano. Much more straightforward. Oh and www.ubuntuforums.org are a great resource.