Graphic problems when booting

[Bo Jacobsen]

I'm new to Ubuntu, and have downloaded the latest 6.10 version to try it 
out.

My problem is that when booting the CD onto a MS Virtual PC, the
graphics goes into a very strange (and very wide) mode that makes it
impossible to view whats going on. I can see that something is displayed
and Ubuntu is running, but the screen is a mess.

The first boot screen where one can select "Start or install Ubuntu, 
Start Ubuntu
in safe graphics mode..." is displayed correctly, but no matter what 
graphics mode
or resolution I select, after the Ubuntu standard boot window (with the 
progress bar)
is finished, the graphics mode changes, and the screen is unreadable.
I think the final screen is a menu with the menu elements like 
"Application Places System"
or something like that. The mouse works and I can invoke things, but 
it's very difficult to see
whats going on., but it's clear the the system is running.



Any suggestions ?
/Bo


PS: SuSE linux, BSD, OpenBSD and a lot of other linux's doesn't have 
this problem.