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chriswt
August 29th, 2012, 09:05 PM
I just finished installing Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 on a new Pavilion p6-2117c desktop.
The install went good. I believe the install formatted the full hard drive. Therefore, Windows 7 is off.
When the install was finished, it rebooted and dropped me off at the user prompt. I performed ls –l and everything looked good. I left the system for about an hour and came back.

The monitor LED light is flashing and I see nothing on the screen. So I typed some keys to awake, still nothing.

I power on and off the monitor and it shows as if it is fine.

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

THANKS

doktorOblivion
August 29th, 2012, 10:21 PM
Try booting in recovery mode, it should bring in a Super-VGA or VGA driver. Login and install the latest drivers for your video card. This might help, same thing happen to me.

It still baffels me why they do not pick up the latest video drivers for new installation, or just default to VGA mode for first login.