On 12 April 2010 16:27, walt <walt(a)helvatron.co.uk> wrote:
 Sorry chaps,  that command did not fix it.  It does something for
about half
 a second, the re-displays the command prompt.  I tried using the --force
 option but to no avail.
 Is there no such thing as 'Safe Mode' I can boot into.  I tried using the
 setup disk which gives a display mode option but it seems ignore it.
 W
 
If that fix didn't work then I'd start thinking there was a more
severe problem with something.
Out of interest, have you tried a live CD/DVD to see if everything works ok?
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