Hi TJ thanks for the reply I am currently running a Geforce 8800GT graphics card. I will attempt to reinstall and work through your suggestions. <div><br></div><div>Thanks for your help.<br clear="all"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 21 May 2010 20:30, TJ <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linux@tjworld.net">linux@tjworld.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 17:51 +0100, Benjamin Crowe wrote:<br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> I have just recently tried to install Ubuntu on my desktop I have<br>
> tried both 10.04 and 9.04 but they both will not boot past a screen<br>
> with a flashing cursor after what is supposedly a sucsseful install.<br>
> My desktop specs are thus intel quad core, 4Gb memory, 250Gb HDD(which<br>
> I install Ubuntu on) and a seperate 500Gb HDD for documents.<br>
<br>
</div>It could be an issue whereby GRUB is installed to one hard disk, but is<br>
trying to boot another. There are some issues around multi-disk<br>
scenarios that can cause this.<br>
<br>
It'd be helpful if you could try accessing the GRUB menu at boot-time,<br>
as soon as the BIOS has POSTed. Hold down the shift key and GRUB<br>
should/will show the boot menu.<br>
<br>
Choose the 'Recovery' variation of the most recent (highest versioned)<br>
kernel. That will start in single-user mode and should not put up the<br>
plymouth spash screen - you should see kernel messages as the system<br>
boots.<br>
<br>
If you don't see those, then I'd point at a GRUB issue. If you do, then<br>
there is start-up issue that needs more investigation.<br>
<br>
What graphics chip-set is installed? There are some issues with the<br>
kernel mode-setting and DRM drivers.<br>
<br>
When you see the flashing cursor, you could try switching VT. Press<br>
Ctrl_Alt+F1 to get to tty1. If you see a log-in prompt, then that gives<br>
us a further clue.<br>
<br>
I'm an Ubuntu developer; if I can help you, email me.<br>
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TJ.<br>
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