New System Problem

[Brian McKee]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:08 PM, Young <tuxman at knology.net> wrote:
> I just built a new system and installed Ubuntu 8.04.01-alternate-amd64.
>
> The system boots into a fractured graphics image with the Ubuntu logo
> repeating 5 times across the screen. Each repeat is just horizontal
> lines like a bad version of the AT&T globe logo. There's also a lot of
> garbage on the screen, and no evidence of a cursor pointer.

That sounds like the usplash image.   Did you leave it long enough to
complete booting?  It's possible only the usplash is an issue, and
it's OK once gdm starts.   You could also hit escape at the GRUB
prompt and edit the boot to remove the 'quiet' options and/or put it
in plain text mode until X starts.

Brian