Quote Originally Posted by edallica
so im getting the bootup screen ok and the wee penguin up in the corner doing the hardware checks, but as soon as the desktop is supposed to kick in the screen dies and there looks to be nothing getting sent to the monitor. the LEDs on the casing are flashing as though the monitor is reciving nothing from the PC.
Sounds like an issue with your xmodule setting. Try boot: failsafe which will use vesa xmodule. If you still get a blank screen when X starts, you can switch back to a text-mode terminal by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1.

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