jenokawa
June 27th, 2010, 12:45 PM
(Before I start, can I just say that I've joined these forums to ask this question, and I don't really know where to post this - sorry if i've put my question in the wrong section of the forum or something :S)
I've been looking into trying out ubuntu, having heard good things about it online, so I went to http://wubi-installer.org/ to try it out by dual-booting it alongside windows xp. I installed ubuntu, rebooted my pc and selected 'Ubuntu' at the boot menu, but after this screen (http://humphreybc.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/boot1.png), the monitor goes black and my TV displays the bouncing message of 'Invalid Format'.
I've tried booting in safe graphics mode, which unfortunately didn't solve anything (or maybe I did it wrong). When looking online I've seen it seems to happen to lots of people with monitors like mine that can show TV and DVD as well as pc.
I'd appreciate any help, I'm reasonably tech-savvy but I've never tried Ubuntu before.
I've been looking into trying out ubuntu, having heard good things about it online, so I went to http://wubi-installer.org/ to try it out by dual-booting it alongside windows xp. I installed ubuntu, rebooted my pc and selected 'Ubuntu' at the boot menu, but after this screen (http://humphreybc.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/boot1.png), the monitor goes black and my TV displays the bouncing message of 'Invalid Format'.
I've tried booting in safe graphics mode, which unfortunately didn't solve anything (or maybe I did it wrong). When looking online I've seen it seems to happen to lots of people with monitors like mine that can show TV and DVD as well as pc.
I'd appreciate any help, I'm reasonably tech-savvy but I've never tried Ubuntu before.