Ok, I tried that and it failed at the video part and when the screen lock part (when I leave it on screen lock and the screen saver pops up). What's the fix?
On Aug 15, 12:09 pm, Robert Citek <robert.ci...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Derek, > > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Derek <derek_whit...@live.com> wrote: > > Given that I am new to the entire Linux thing, (and so used to the > > Windows atmosphere) I am having slight problems with my O.S. > > Welcome to Ubuntu Linux. > > > First of all, whenever it idles for a little bit, my screen goes black > > and starts flashing multi-colored bars. I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed > > on two desktop computers, and same story for both of them. It seems to > > be a problem with the Screen saver, because when I tried to edit the > > screen saver to switch it off, the black screen and multi colored bars > > came up again. Also, if I have been using this O.S. for over an hour > > straight, the same story. > > Have you gone through the System Test App? You can find it in System> > Administration > System Testing. You can do all the tests or just > > select the ones for video. That will give you a good indication if > its a hardware, software, or other issue. > > Give that a shot and let us know how it goes. > > Regards, > - Robert -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
