Thank you for the reply. I did the upgrade install but not the 9.04. And
yes, I did find some video problems with 9.04 on my previous install.
With respect to the suggestion to try "system, preferences, main menu";
when I try that I can hear the drive do some searching but nothing
happens on the screen so I obviously did something to screw it up. I'm
going to try Roy's suggestions before I do a re-install. The version
I'm using is done by F0FAK a ham operator from France who has made an
Amateur Radio Ubuntu Live DVD which has all the programs available to
eventually run my ham station completely microsoft free.