> after reboot, the same garbled black and white boot splash, but the 3D desktop works. However the consoles (Ctrl+Alt+F1 etc) still
> do not work. You just get a blank screen, and returning via Ctrl+Alt+F7 gives a totally corrupted screen.
Did you try the instructions I copied in #125 for Startup-Manager (admittedly that was in Natty).
John in #130
> after reboot, the same garbled black and white boot splash, but the 3D desktop works. However the consoles (Ctrl+Alt+F1 etc) still
> do not work. You just get a blank screen, and returning via Ctrl+Alt+F7 gives a totally corrupted screen.
Did you try the instructions I copied in #125 for Startup-Manager (admittedly that was in Natty).