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-X, which is subscribed to xorg in 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 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

