John,
John Taylor wrote:
> This being sent from SM within Vista - have lost contact with Ubuntu
>
> Was trying to adjust screen size on monitor through "Screen and Video
> card" when I got a warning message that something had broken (not
> completed) when I rebooted a little later blank screen with signal out
> of range which usually a couple of wiggles with the mouse cured but
> not this time
I would boot up Ubuntu and when the blank screen appears hit Ctrl-Alt-F1
and get into a virtual console. Log in there and do:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
and answer the questions. Mostly the defaults will work.
Then reboot or restart X using:
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart
Regards,
Tony.
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