Flashing colours while installing 8.04


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For anyone who is getting flashing colours while installing 8.04 and it wont load to anything past this. I had this problem the last few days and it is fully installed but the default video drivers (nvidia in my case) are not installed very well.

I did the following from a terminal as i couldn't get it to load;

Create a link to the ?Nvidia-Settings? Panel in your application menu:

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/NVIDIA-Settings.desktop

NOTE: do not worry if the file is empty

Insert the following lines into the new file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=NVIDIA Settings
Comment=NVIDIA X Server Settings
Exec=nvidia-settings
Icon=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;

Save the edited file.

sudo reboot

Job d:De :D you should now be able to boot into your desktop at 800x600

Edited by shaun2312
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