I (original reporter) am ok on raring, but bad on saucy with Mobility Radeon HD 5850.
by installing the linux-image-3.11.4-031104-generic package from mainline kernel builds, I was able to follow the DebuggingKernelBoot directions. After the text boot, it switched to a blank/black X VT, but I *was* able to switch via ctrl+alt+f1 to log into a text prompt. then killed gdm/X from there, and tried a startx. again got a black screen, but noticed some fglrx related errors (due to no fglrx module built?) in the vt1 console which i was able to swtich back to via ctrl+alt+f1. edited xorg.conf to use ati driver instead of fglrx and tried startx again. in this case, was *not* able to switch via ctrl+alt+f1 anymore.... what else should I look at to provide more useful information? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1233753 Title: saucy images boot to black screen Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Downloaded latest saucy images and boots to nothing but a black screen. Get the same behavior with 3.11 mainline kernel package as per bug #1167586 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: linux-image-3.8.0-31-generic 3.8.0-31.46 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-31.46-generic 3.8.13.8 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-31-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.4 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: jbarnett 3518 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: jbarnett 3518 F.... pulseaudio Date: Tue Oct 1 09:31:14 2013 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=6a792c43-ea80-4425-961e-ccde894552ed InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-04-19 (1261 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100419.1) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC MarkForUpload: True ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-31-generic root=UUID=639dc488-e095-42a4-8c1f-ffb1a9299e1c ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-31-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-31-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (157 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 10/12/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.2B dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1522 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 36.35 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.2B:bd10/12/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPENVY15NotebookPC:pvr048F110000241920001530000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1522:rvr36.35:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP ENVY 15 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 048F110000241920001530000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1233753/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
