This may be un-related but... if my external USB drive is connected I get the same symptom (blank screen, flashing cursor).
To be clear, this hardware configuration worked perfectly until I upgraded to Karmic. Is there a log file? -- grub2 some times freezes before calling kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/481047 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs