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Thread: Help! Colorful screen when trying to boot. Nvidia geforce gt 240


hi ubutnu forums! first post , i'm glad here

anyway. best place find support great experianced people.
i've looked around on internet, couldn't find solution problem (but might wrong, haven't solved problem though..)

i'm trying boot ubuntu 11.10 on pc. seems fine. splash screen, after 2 minutes, still on splash screen, this:

had same problem ubuntu 11.04.
can still install 10.04 though, without kind of problems, , windows 7 works no issues either.

i've tried boot ubuntu 11.10 , 11.04 live usb disk made universal usb installer http://www.pendrivelinux.com/univers...easy-as-1-2-3/


hardware:
intel quad core core i5 x64
graphic: nvidia geforce gt 240
vga screen.
uhm... don't know more should mention

edit: first time booted ubuntu 11.10 got screen:

looks fragmented windows 7 screen. there icons folders, programs , background
know, it's mac osx lion background...

please answer , me! can give more information if
i've tried several other linux distros, linux mint , fedora, same problem.

in advance!

i managed solve it!
when got point "fragmented" screen appeared, managed terminal hitting ctr-shift-f1.
terminal typed:
sodu apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current


run ubuntu live usb , install it.
after that, rebooted , ran recuperation mode in grub, ran terminal in root mode network interface, , installed "nvidia-current"!


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