<html> <body> At 01:08 PM 08/29/10, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Vic Main wrote: > I should explain a little more, I get the menu.lst bootloader screen > fine, (now with about 15 different options,) > if I choose any of the Ubuntu versions, i end up with a terminal > screen. If I choose the Windows option (XP Home) everything's good. > One of the Linux versions starts the GUI, but that process hangs, > and it again reverts to the terminal screen. What video card do you have in that machine? Nils </blockquote> Now there's the rub, it's a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 with AGP8X. Before I tried the upgrade, I've never been able to get my screen resolution using UBUNTU to be more than 800 x 600. When I ran 10.05 from the iso file on the CD I got the 1024x960 resolution display fine. Vic</body> </html>