Ubuntu 10.10 loads to blank screen

If you get a blank screen at boot after install or booting from the Ubuntu install cd please read:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ubuntu-10-04-lts-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup.html

If you have trouble with intel8xxx graphic cards:

please try this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes

you can try this Alt+Ctl+F1 that should get you into console then type
 sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

   David
   in TN

If you are not getting a grub boot screen before the black screen, try holding down the shift key right after the vendor splash screen to force grub to display. The default if only one kernel/OS is found is to skip the grub screen. Then take a look at the actual grub commands. Type "e" without the quotes to see the grub commands, and edit them.
Not sure what problems you would have installing from a cd, but the usb installs get the drive numbering messed up. Typical edits change hd1 to hd0, and sdb to sda.(or hd2 to hd1 and sdc to sdb). At the first successful boot, run:
sudo update-grub to fix all the drive numbering.
Good Luck

Please press ctrl + alt +F2 made login with your user and password then
type:

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get --fix-missing install
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo reboot

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you
type it, then press enter.