Can only say +1 to the live cd. It's invaluable for me at the moment till I can fix my windows pc.
Unfortunately I don't think I can help, although there is something in that book about scrambled screens. Try looking in the index for it. James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 31 May 2009, at 15:49, Greg Herdman <gherd...@toucansurf.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I too can vouch for Keir Thomas & Jaime Sicam's book - although it > hasn't got me out of my scrambled scren 'hole' yet, it was a real > support while I was styarting out on the Linux road. Add to that the > Live user mode on the DVD which is still in use until I can summon up > the courage to reinstall the whole shooting match. > > The scrambled screen issue is still fouling up my > all-singing-al;l-dancing use of Ubuntu, but Live user from the DVD > is a > real get-you-home utility; I can access my hard drive, print, access > removable media and go online - all from the DVD. I've just not made > use > of e-mail access since everything has to be reconfigured every time > the > system is started. As a promotional tool - to show non-believers how > Ubuntu looks and works - Live user is a gem. > > Any more hints on my scrambled screen issue would be much appreciated! > > Greg > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/