<p dir="ltr">Default graphics are not your friend it sounds like. Maybe look into the graphics compatibility? </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 5, 2014 5:15 PM, "Mark Jarvis" <<a href="mailto:m.jarvis@cox.net">m.jarvis@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Bitstream Vera Sans">For those of you old enough to
remember the Li'l Abner comic strip,</font> I'm beginning to feel
like Joe Btfsplk, the hard luck character who had a small, dark,
rain cloud perpetually hovering over his head. <br>
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I downloaded the latest 64 bit Ubuntu ISO and burned the image to
disk. Booting from the DVD, it appeared to start, then went to a
blank screen with a small icon at the bottom. After 5 or 6 minutes,
I got tired of waiting and pushed the power button. Skipping some of
the trials, it had apparently altered the boot order in setup to
boot from the CD/DVD drive if there was something in it--not that I
mind, I prefer that. anyway. If the DVD was in the drive it would
boot from it and display some text options. One of the options said
(approximately) run Ubuntu without installing. I selected that
option and pressed enter as instructed. Blank screen time.<br>
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I have an HP box with a Samsung Monitor (1920 x 1080).<br>
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First Knoppix, then Ubuntu. These used to be my sure fire, never
fail distros.<br>
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FWIW, an old Ubuntu 9.10 (64 bit) CD loads & works fine in live
CD mode.<br>
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I'd sure like to know what the problem is. Any suggestions
gratefully accepted.<br>
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