Thanks for all your help guys - all including the "gibberish" :D I believe I have now got it resolved with the help of a guy that talked me through it over the phone :D Thanks Rhizoid. If you don't mind, i am linking to the Ubuntu forum where he has put up the fix (which you, most likely, all knew for any, like me, that couldn't hack it) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11189905#post11189905