Kris_monkey
August 10th, 2008, 07:05 PM
Hi all,
I'm pretty new to Ubuntu. I have been trying to load up Ubuntu for the first time on a full installation onto a new hard drive.
The entire installation appears to run smoothly and when I load up my machine for the first time without the installation CD in the drive it appears to load up normally to the user name screen. I then enter my user name and password, the screen then changes to the loaded up desktop screen colour. At that point a message appears saying "Monitor going to Sleep" my monitor then temporarily shuts down and then immediately restarts; at this point Ubuntu then reverts back to the user name login screen.
I have tried to load using all of the various sessions under the options screen and the only version that works is the 'Failsafe Gnome' session. The first time I used this the session loaded up completely; I gained access to the internet through Firefox; and I could play music from CD. However, this screen froze during the session and the next time I loaded under this session I could not gain access to the interent or play music files.
This is happening time and time again. I initially loaded the operating system using an older version of Ubuntu; then the most up to date version 8.04; and then the alternate text based installer version 8.04. Each time the same happens.
I know the computer loads up so the PC and hard drive works, the software worked under the failsafe session and I have tried various versions of Ubuntu so I dont think the problem is that. I think it might be something to do with my configuration or settings but I dont know what.
Can anyone help please I really don't know what to try next???
Many thanks
I'm pretty new to Ubuntu. I have been trying to load up Ubuntu for the first time on a full installation onto a new hard drive.
The entire installation appears to run smoothly and when I load up my machine for the first time without the installation CD in the drive it appears to load up normally to the user name screen. I then enter my user name and password, the screen then changes to the loaded up desktop screen colour. At that point a message appears saying "Monitor going to Sleep" my monitor then temporarily shuts down and then immediately restarts; at this point Ubuntu then reverts back to the user name login screen.
I have tried to load using all of the various sessions under the options screen and the only version that works is the 'Failsafe Gnome' session. The first time I used this the session loaded up completely; I gained access to the internet through Firefox; and I could play music from CD. However, this screen froze during the session and the next time I loaded under this session I could not gain access to the interent or play music files.
This is happening time and time again. I initially loaded the operating system using an older version of Ubuntu; then the most up to date version 8.04; and then the alternate text based installer version 8.04. Each time the same happens.
I know the computer loads up so the PC and hard drive works, the software worked under the failsafe session and I have tried various versions of Ubuntu so I dont think the problem is that. I think it might be something to do with my configuration or settings but I dont know what.
Can anyone help please I really don't know what to try next???
Many thanks