I am not sure, I do not want to take apart this computer because it is
my grandfathers, and we may be turning it in for a new one soon.

And the second question you had, where can I find that?

On Jul 22, 2:36 pm, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Derek <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Given that I am new to the entire Linux thing, (and so used to the
> > Windows atmosphere) I am having slight problems with my O.S.
>
> > First of all, whenever it idles for a little bit, my screen goes black
> > and starts flashing multi-colored bars. I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed
> > on two desktop computers, and same story for both of them. It seems to
> > be a problem with the Screen saver, because when I tried to edit the
> > screen saver to switch it off, the black screen and multi colored bars
> > came up again. Also, if I have been using this O.S. for over an hour
> > straight, the same story.
>
> Sounds like a video driver issue.
>
> What video chip do you have, and what driver does Ubuntu say is installed?
>
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