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On 02/10/2009 02:38 PM, gayathri singh wrote:
> Hi There,
> 
> I tried installing Ubuntu linux on my machine (Windows XP) & was able to see
> the options to restart my machine with ubuntu / windows. However, I got
> stuck at the display part. My machine autodetects : Digital Input (DVI port)
> & says:"OUT OF RANGE SIGNAL. CANNOT DISPLAY THIS VIDEO MODE, CHANGE COMPUTER
> DISPLAY INPUT TO 1680X1050 @60Hz "
> 
> Has anyone come across such messages before? I think it could be a problem
> with display drivers on my system. But can anyone suggest how I could work
> around this problem?
> 
> Setting the resolution & refresh rate in windows mode doesnt help :(
> 
> Thanks,
> GV
> 
> 

When you get to the grub menu - the menu that gives you the choice
between Windows and Ubuntu, you should see two Ubuntu kernel options,
one for the default generic kernel, and on for the generic kernel with
"(recovery mode)". Select the 'recovery mode' kernel. That will boot
into a menu (following many lines of boot output):

resume 	Resume normal boot
clean	Try to make free space
dpkg	Repair broken packages
fsck	File system check
root	Drop to root shell prompt
xfix	Try to fix X server

Select 'xfix' and let Ubuntu do it's thing. When it's finished, select
the 'resume' option and it will continue to boot. Hopefully that will
get you to the login screen where you can log in and then continue on to
the standard Ubuntu desktop.
Post back with your results.