I have encountered the same issue on my dell laptop. Adding "nomodeset" to the end of the "linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-gener..." line in /boot/grub/grub.cfg. fixes the issue for me.
I have encountered the same issue on my dell laptop. Adding "nomodeset" to the end of the "linux /boot/vmlinuz- 2.6.31- 19-gener. .." line in /boot/grub/ grub.cfg. fixes the issue for me.