[SWLUG] brown screen on ubuntu

[Rhys Sage]

I've just installed Ubuntu on a 1.7ghz, 128mb Dell. It
seems sluggish (as are all the Dells I have
encountered).

I have a brown screen that doesn't seem to want to
change to any other colour and all I can see is the
top and bottom bars. I can use Ubuntu but it won't
show me any icons on the desktop. What do I do? I'm
downloading Knoppix at the moment just in case today's
download of ubuntu is a bit stuffed. 



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