Mint 11 Black Bars
 

Ive been running Mint 11 on my friends computer and it works great and I try to put it on my computer as a live boot and I get two black bars on the screen, is this because Im running it as a live boot or because of the specs on my system? Im using a Toshiba Satellite l505-s6946 with an Intel Core 2 Dup T6400, 3 GB SDRAM, and a 320GB Hard Drive. Is there any way I can remedy this?

I tried to look at the link and it came up blocked, Im at job corps right now so my web access is kinda limited

Try these steps if you are experiencing a blank screen during boot or install of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal.

1. LiveCD boots into a blank screen.

When you see the boot menu when you boot LiveCD, hit F6 and select the “nomodeset” option.

2. Boots into a blank screen after install.

Reboot and keep your finger on the “SHIFT” key till you get the grub menu. Highlight the first entry and replace “quiet splash” with “nomodeset” . Hit CTRL + X to continue booting. Once logged in install the latest Graphics drivers. System -> Administration -> Additional Drivers

Im not getting a completely blanks creen, I shouldve specified more, my problem is that the aspect ratio is off and the desktop doesnt fill the whole screen

it is a matter of resolution/Monitor settings.try adjusting the resolution
which desktop environment do you use?
do u have CompizConfig ? on your system ?

Its Mint 11 LXDE and Idk if I do or not I havent looked that deep into the system