Does your monitor's input LED/Light turn amber? I had a similar issue once, and it turned out to be my video card suffering from hardware issues.
-- Gilbert Mendoza PGP: 0x075DBCA9 Email: gmendoza at gmail.com http://www.savvyadmin.com https://launchpad.net/~gmendoza https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GilbertMendoza On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:05 AM, Lester E. Flax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an ongoing problem installing and running kubuntu 8.04. I installed > the kubuntu desktop after installing. I sometimes boot to a black screen, or > if I boot into the recovery mode and fix xserver, sometimes I can run for > five minutes and then the screen goes blank and then the mouse disappears. > > > > I have an nVidia 8500 card and have tried numerous solutions given by > postings in the ubuntu forums, but none have worked. > > I was trying to follow some instructions at > http://georgia.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=585454 , but that appears > to be for Gutsy and not Hardy. Does it make any difference? > > > > After doing step one I am lost. How do I get out of the edit window and back > to the command prompt? > > Will this fix my problem? > > > > I would appreciate any help you can offer. > > > > > > Lester > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
