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On Tuesday 29 August 2006 09:02, rich@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Guys > > Oops! Installed Kubuntu on Friday and it was running fine. Back in > today and all is not well. Very blurry screen with lines of various > colours running across the screen. Install Gnome desktop through > command line but that doesn't help. > > Any ideas please or any questions that might point out a fault please? > > Thanks > > Rich I run Kubuntu on my laptop, same issue appeared here a day ago. I booted into the recovery mode (chosen from the Grub bootloader window) and then at the command line - sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and look at the Screen section. On mine, a new setting had appeared - virtual It was set to 1280 768 which my screen doesn't support well. I hashed that entry out and added below it - virtual 1024 768 Save (if using nano its Ctrl+X and select Y, then the default save name which is xorg.conf). Of course, it may be some other issue - your xorg.conf would be useful to see, as it may indicate what the problem is. If you have a specific graphics driver for instance, it may be that which is causing the problem - especially if you have updated the kernel. But I would look at xorg.conf for some obvious issue - a default resolution which is too high, monitor refresh rates which are wrong etc. Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html