<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Tony Arnold wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:477E41E3.4090204@manchester.ac.uk" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">John, John Taylor wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">This being sent from SM within Vista - have lost contact with Ubuntu Was trying to adjust screen size on monitor through "Screen and Video card" when I got a warning message that something had broken (not completed) when I rebooted a little later blank screen with signal out of range which usually a couple of wiggles with the mouse cured but not this time </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I would boot up Ubuntu and when the blank screen appears hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 and get into a virtual console. Log in there and do: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and answer the questions. Mostly the defaults will work. Then reboot or restart X using: sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart Regards, Tony. </pre> </blockquote> Tony Tried suggestion twice but it tries to load but to no avail(I say OK to all suggestion) Cant boot with "sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart" - have to switch off Any other ideas?.........When it tries to load desktop I hear a sound of drums in the distance very faint! Regards John </body> </html>