Ubuntu black screen.

[jjjon963]

Hey, I'm new to ubuntu, and pretty new to windows as well. I'm not proud of it but before windows 7 i was using a mac. I say that because there is a high chance i will sound ignorant here.

I have installed ubuntu 10.10 netbook i386 onto a flash drive, but when I go to boot my comp with it I get my initial boot screen, then the ubuntu screen, but then my display goes black.

I dont really know what comp specs to give...
4gb ram
Intel core 2 duo p8600 2.4ghz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

[mörgæs]

Hi, welcome to the forum.

It could be because you need to add nomodeset as a boot parameter.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDBootOptions

[jjjon963]

Hey, thanks for the welcome, but I have been mistaken, I can see the kernel ubuntu screen, not the ubuntu boot screen. Is there a way to enter nomodeset from here?