I was able to boot up and Ubuntu appeared to act normally. I left the system as was. Then I tried to boot Ubuntu after going to the Dayton Hamvention last weekend, and I got the white background and strange characters, I can not get into text mode (Ctrl-Alt-F1) Do I try to keep rebooting Ubuntu until I succeed, then attempt to fix the problem with jockey text, or do you have another suggestion. I am writing this email on the Windows XP side of this system. Sincerely, John