[clue-tech] Ubuntu lock-up problems

[Dennis J Perkins]

> 
> If you mean the multiple colored bars that go left to right during boot
> on F10, I believe that's a frame buffer display and not X.  That could
> mean that the kernel driver for your video chipset is not working
> properly with your hardware.
> 
> You can exit the frame buffer splash on F10 by hitting any key.  I just
> hold down the Ctrl or Shift key while the BIOS boot runs.  That should
> get you a text mode only boot up.

The CD image I downloaded doesn't provide a text-mode boot.  I can kill
the splash screen and see the boot process but at some point it still
brings up the splash screen again and locks up.

Maybe there is a version that does provide text mode.