Run the following: sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash
Take a look at /etc/usplash.conf and see if the resolution numbers in there are crazy big (or small). In mine except for a commented line that begins with '#' the entire file is the following: xres=1280 yres=1024 Hope that fixes it. Pulled that out of http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-372208.html -- Wrong GDM resolution at boot on hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/223613 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs