Found a workaround for this bug - not an elegant solution, but will get things going on both the live disk and the install . Mess with Grub!
I used the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset" See this workaround at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1307776 Title: screen giberish To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm/+bug/1307776/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs