On 12 April 2010 17:43, walt <walt(a)helvatron.co.uk> wrote:
 Thanks Kevan,
 Yes, first thing I did is look for the repair an existing system option then
 I tried the live install which works but I still don’t know what files to
 'doctor' so the display works in the existing hdd installation.
 I can get into a command window using ctrl-alt-f2 and then login as root.
 But startx does not give any useful hints as to what I need to do fix this.
 I'll run the Ubuntu disk check now, just in case, and then I'll have to give
 up and re-install.
 Thanks everyone for helping, W 
Just for the hell of it, you don't happen to run any restricted or
custom display drivers for, say NVidia or ATI do you?
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