Thanks for all the help on this, i have now got it sorted. It looks like pages are springing up all over the place with instructions.
Here is a post of the detailed solution: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11883375#post11883375 j On 28 April 2012 12:34, James Morrissey <[email protected]> wrote: >> With a live CD: when you see the symbols at the bottom of the display, press >> a key, to get the menu choices, choose language, then >> use F6 for more options, >> which reveals a boot command line >> at the end, add the string >> b43.blacklist=yes >> (space before and space following) >> and then boot > > This is what i was looking for. I was putting dashes and all sorts. I > didn't think of spaces and couldn't find instructions. Thanks. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
