Ubuntu 8.10 & Compaq Evo

[Rich Goodman]

    I recently purchased an installation CD with Ubantu 8.10 and installed it on a Compaq Evo with an Intel Pentium 4,  2.4 Ghz processor, 1024 Mbytes of ram, and a 160 Gbyte hard drive with Ubantu being the only operating system on the drive.  I believe the computer has an integrated Nvida graphics card.  The computer boots up and asks me for my user name and password.  I can open the Options menu and make changes at this time, but after completing the USER NAME and Password the screen goes blank with only the cursor visible (and functioning) with the Ubantu background color present.     Any help would be appreciated.  I am new to this OS, so please keep that in mind when responding.  Thanks for your time.

Best regards,

Rich
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