This issue is likely to have been a by-product of a hardware problem - the AGP graphics adapter was slightly raised at the rear of the slot.
Other video-related problems with Windows were resolved by reseating the adapter. I'll close this report. -- Text-mode framebuffer problem? https://launchpad.net/bugs/74707 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
