Screen resolution loop [help!]

[David Armour]

Harold Hartley <harold_hartley <at> verizon.net> writes:

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> I have the same problem. I had a resolution of 1440 x 900 and now its 
> 640 x 480 and this is a widescreen HD display and I thought it was a 
> problem with my new monitor.
> Now that I read the threads, I now know it is from my update for my 
> ubuntu 8.04....
> 
> 
Thanks for all the replies. To re-iterate: Booting an 'up-to-date' 8.10A6 
proceeds one screen past the loading 'thermometer' GUI to a CLI that 
offers a log-in prompt below several system messages, but too briefly 
to read the info or to enter any info, i.e. to log-on.

The screen then goes black and the system appears fatally locked-up: 
none of the key sequences I've seen mentioned elsewhere  -- 
crtl-alt-F#/crtl-alt-sysreq -- have any obvious effect. I don't appear able
to enter anything at a terminal, because I can't log-in. 

Of course, I had been having the same result effectively with a previous
8.04(LTS) install attempt, which is why I was trying 8.10A6. Trying to modify
screen resolution seems flawed, at this point.