ubuntu 10.04 screen turns black

Asked by K.S.de Vries on 2010-09-17

Ubuntu 10.04 live lacks mode Safe graphics mode, F4 (present in vs. 9.04), screen tuns black. VGA=771 etc.:no result. What to do?

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marcobra (Marco Braida)
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2010-09-20
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2010-09-20
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2010-09-18

Please tell the graphic card do you have...

K.S.de Vries (vrieskoob) said : #2

Graphic card is Nvidia XFX GeForce FX 5200

K.S.de Vries (vrieskoob) said : #4

Run Ubuntu 10.10 beta (Live, without installing) after: F6-nomodeset, and adding to command line:gforcevesa.
Many thanks!