Right now I'm running....

Windows Xp
AMD Athlon64 3000+
3 gigs DDR2 RAM
Nvidia GForce 6600
Asus SKI-Deluxe motherboard
Western digital hard drives
Sony DVD RW DRU-720A
Floppy- FDC generic....

I would like to run a dual boot between XP and Ubuntu soon but....
When I attempt to boot from the cd, (I'm installing the 7.04 AMD64 bit version, I tried the alternate first with the same issue...) I progress through the flash banner and end up with a green screen where I can use Alt-Ctrl-F1 but don't know what to do with my terminal...if that is my terminal, it says something about "sudo"...says if I want to know more to enter "... sudo_'sumthin?", an i can access at root?

I really believe its a graphics driver, my friend was here the other day when we first started messin with Linux on my machine an he got this same issue- said at the time, he re-routed a driver an it worked fine. That was with Debion, but this is the exact same symptom. I have been able to load in graphics safe mode, and the message I get when I come in is...: Error starting the GNOME settings Daemon...(A bunch of jibberish possibilities and then...) GNOME will try to restart the settings daemon next time you log in

So the monitor setup is a single CRT monitor, and for what I see when my screen gets crazy it becomes primarily a green set of vertical lines, pixel-strips that flash and glow from under with white pixel strips in that same vert pattern. Between the primarily green lines is a black background, so difficult to focus on it really becomes more a slight contrast than strip of pixels...(This has been a blast to try an explain!!!) As I let it go on, the pixelation becomes multi-colored and random, isolated, square patterns turn purple/pink. This will continue as the pattern gets wider and the pink spreads, while sticking to the very basic pixelated box patterns with the contrasting black underneath...Its pretty crazy.

Thanks for taking a look...
.B.

:THE FOLLOWING IS PROBABLY OBVIOUS: Well, I have never connected to a linux OS before, I have wanted this for a few years now but know veeeerrrrrry little. I don't know any programming language, an I don't know what the difference is between that and scripting, though I will be learning that soon enough I 'spose...On the plus side, I am a bright guy and will have no problem learning this...promise!

Hi there.
Great description of the problem!

Is this just a live CD or are you trying to run an install and seeing this after installation?
It sounds to me like Ubuntu is mis-detecting your CRT screen capabilities.
A full HD install and tweaking of the XOrg.conf file should get you running.

This is a live cd boot, I'm just preparing for a dual boot and don't want to go forward till its ready. So say I do my full install, which I believe today I will, should I boot in graphics safe mode-install-then tweak? And what do I do to the XOrg.conf? I really no nothing, absolutely nothing, about adjusting a Linux install. Thanks for the reply!
.B.

I haven't used Ubuntu so not sure if it offers a user-friendly GUI for altering your desktop resolutions and monitor sync. settings.

If not, it's just a matter of:
1) Finding out the exact capabilities of the screen you have (hopefully from teh manufacturer's website).
2) Opening the xOrg.conf file in a text editor and changing the appropriate entries.

We'll be able to help with both.
Post the details of the monitor (make, model, Date of manufacture if known).
Then once you have done a full install, post the content of your xOrg.conf file.

So after an attempt at install, I first receive a GNOME error for my settings daemon saying my themes, sounds or backgrounds may not work right. I believe this is due to me booting in graphics safe mode since my screen gets all crazy.
Thennn, While setting up my keyboard layout, like step 3, I receive a "ConsoleSetup Exit Code 2" it says that the install may not work right so I decided not to push forward until I know I should. What do you think?
.B.

almost forgot, its a sony trinitron, gdm 5010, couldn't find a year...