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installed, update, reboot= black screen

Asked by Juan

first time user: I installed ubuntu 8.04, after rebooting it showed a message with available updates, I installed the updates and after the required restart, I choose the OS and all I`m getting after the loader is a black screen, what happened?

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said : 		#1

I am not sure what is happening, but on the boot menu you can pick the first kernel you loaded by hitting a key and then selecting the third entry down.

This should enable you to boot.

I am sure others will be able to give you some advice on how to proceed further.

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said : 		#2

Juan:

Any luck or update?

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Juan (juanarod) said : 		#3

The problem is my graphics card. I disabled the card and know it boots without problems, I know there is a way to configure the card to enable the extra features in the OS (which I would like to do) but, I am a first timer and I really don`t know how to work the terminal stuff. I have an old laptop (Inspiron 8200) with a GeForce 440.

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Charles Profitt (cprofitt) said : 		#4

Now that you know how to get back to a working install when you fiddle you can feel safer about exploring.

Give this link a shot and see if it helps you.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=115031