Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Durham] Small graphics issue with Nvidia drivers

2014-04-01 Thread Colin Law
On 1 April 2014 19:49, Barry Titterton wrote: > On 31/03/14 19:55, Martin Ward wrote: >> >> On 31/03/14 17:11, Barry Titterton wrote: >>> >>> >>> The problem is when I start the machine, after the BIOS text screen, the >>> screen now goes black with only the following two lines of text on the >>>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [Durham] Small graphics issue with Nvidia drivers

2014-04-01 Thread Barry Titterton
On 31/03/14 19:55, Martin Ward wrote: On 31/03/14 17:11, Barry Titterton wrote: The problem is when I start the machine, after the BIOS text screen, the screen now goes black with only the following two lines of text on the screen:- Ubuntu 13.10 tty1 login: (Where is the ID of the machine)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small graphics issue with Nvidia drivers

2014-04-01 Thread Liam Proven
On 1 April 2014 13:42, Barry Titterton wrote: > Have tried 'nomodeset' in a temporary way by accessing GRUB during boot, but > have not set it as a permanent option. It had no noticable effect on the > boot behaviour. I have not tried 'vga=792'. Well 792 was the specific one for my old laptop wi

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small graphics issue with Nvidia drivers

2014-04-01 Thread Colin Law
On 31 March 2014 17:11, Barry Titterton wrote: > Hello, > > I have recently converted a desk top machine from XP to Unbuntu but have a > small problem with the graphics during start up. > > The machine has a legacy Nvidia graphics card (6800LE). I installed Ubuntu > 13.10 as the only OS on the mac

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small graphics issue with Nvidia drivers

2014-04-01 Thread Barry Titterton
On 31/03/14 18:00, Liam Proven wrote: On 31 March 2014 17:11, Barry Titterton wrote: Hello, I have recently converted a desk top machine from XP to Unbuntu but have a small problem with the graphics during start up. The machine has a legacy Nvidia graphics card (6800LE). I installed Ubuntu 13

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Small graphics issue with Nvidia drivers

2014-04-01 Thread Barry Titterton
On 31/03/14 17:59, Michael Eacott wrote: I guess that you asked on http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php I was planning to try the forums after trying the mailing list users first. But could this help? http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2108869&highlight=screen+black+lines+text+screen%3A-+