That this bug had been marked as fixed is correct. Refer to bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/608907 to see how the black screen
on boot can be solved until the fix has propagated to main. Thanks
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Running a very new system with Intel i915 integrated graphics, the only
option for me to get around the blank screen after boot was to add
i915.modeset=0 to the boot options.
But that leaves me trapped in vesa mode, which means 1024x768 and
800x600 mode only, which are both not the native
Just did an upgrade to Lucid and I run into this bug. With Karmic I
haven't that problem.
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Sorry if I post on the wrong thread, but my problem is somehow similar
and I cannot find a more appropriate place.
It is related to Intel graphic board and screen resolution (i915 driver).
I'm using a console mode Server installation (no X graphics) with 2.6.31-19
kernel.
The problem lays
This bug has been marked as fixed. Anyone experiencing similar problems
should open a new bug report. The developers are very busy and don't
have time to keep checking back on comments for bugs that have already
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Same problem here.
Kernel 2.6.31-19
Intel i915 onboard video card.
I can only boot with setting
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=nomodeset
and
GRUB_TERMINAL=console
in /etc/default/grub
then
sudo update-grub
and reboot
If I set GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480 and GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=keep, I can see BRUB
and my
I'm seeing same/similar problem with an i915 chipset on an Asrock G41MH-
GE motherboard. This is latest kernel, 2.6.31-19.
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I also got this problem it was solved in recent kernels, but the black
screen came back in the 2.6.31-19
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I am having the same problem on Acer Extensa EX5235-901G16MN with
chipset Intel GL40, graphics card Intel GMA 4500M.
With the i915.modeset=0 the system boots but I am unable to play any DVD
or video via Totem, VLC or other media player as GUI crashes back to
login page. Note Flash videos
i have a q1 ultra and i couldn't even install 9.10 without using the
modeset trick, as it just kept flashing that 22 error. correct me if im
wrong, but does using i915.modeset=0 disable whatever form of
acceleration the graphics card had? i ask this because i noticed that
anything that would
Yes - various symptoms.
I found a entry in the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file which may be the cause for the
problems
Seems that a call for splash halts the system
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=44118bfa-d582-45e2
-964f-66886a1d4d03 ro quiet splash
where the splash word needs to be
I'm suffering from this problem, too. I've upgraded to Kubuntu 9.10 today. I'm
running Kubuntu on a Fujitsu Stylistic ST5021 tablet pc (Intel 855GM).
My problem looks like the following: The kernel loads, it looks like the system
would reach the initramfs, then the screen goes black, the
hello
yes you are right and rught here
you have to do this, because this big bug is not fixed before release,
and not till now.
you have to edit with admin right your grub config (kernel init
parameters) that you can use an intel graphic card with ubuntu 9.10
jochen
Markus Schuster schrieb:
Well, it wasn't a big thing to modify my grub config, but Ubuntu had big
problems with Intel in 9.04, I thought they would know it better this time -
seems not...
Could someone with knowledge about what's going on please have a look on this
problem - I would consider this a major showstopper.
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fbcon is loaded by the -intel driver by i830_kernel_mode_enabled() in
src/i830_driver.c:
ret = drmCheckModesettingSupported(busIdString);
if (ret) {
if (xf86LoadKernelModule(i915))
ret = drmCheckModesettingSupported(busIdString);
}
/* Be nice to the user and load
I solved the problem by adding nomodeset --xdriver=intel to the boot
parameters. I hope that can help some of you guys. No black screen and
Compiz is also working then. I hope there will be an update so we don't
need to add boot with these parameters.
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If you are experiencing continued problems, you have a different bug to
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search in /boot/grub/menu.lst for the line # kopt= ...
append i915.modeset=0 to the line
looks like
# kopt=root=/dev/... ro i915.modeset=0
update-grub
and it will be added in the parameterlist on all kernels into all
version if you make a kernel update
greatings
jochen
ps it is the 9.10
Vielen Dank jochen. Just a point of clarification. You say that 9.10 is
an alpha release for the next LTS, so we should expect critical bugs. If
that's the case, this is something that is not being communicated to
users. When you go to the Canonical site there is no indication that
9.10 would be
It seems like three questions need to be answered:
* What is the root cause?
* When will it be fixed?
* What are the workarounds in the meantime?
For workarounds: this bug is specific to certain Intel graphics
chipsets, right? If the list of bad chipsets can be determined, then
the
My machine seems to have an Intel GMA 950 chipset. Why don't others
experiencing the problem post their specific graphics adapter info here
and we can build a list, as joeclarkia suggests.
One other question. Is there some way I can configure my machine to boot
with the i915.modset=0
Hi, I have the same problem as sarion. post #62
I also tried nomodeset and tried launching in recovery mode.
My machine is a notebook Dell inspiron 6000.
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After removing the ATI HD3450 video card from my system, and using the
on-board ATI Radeon 2100, combined with the i915.modeset=0 at startup, I
now get command line interface. It flickers for about 20 seconds, after
which the flickering stops. It asks for my login password, after which
I am
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Tried updating xserver-xorg-video-ati, but I already had the most recent
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Hi, I have just upgrade my Jaunty to Karmic Koala, and get a completely
black screen after boot.
I have tried adding i915.modeset=0 (without the quotes) to the end of
the line in grub that starts with kernel, and ending with splash,
and then pressing enter, followed by b. The computer starts
I also did the i915.modeset=0 workaround. It worked, but the graphic is slow.
Compiz is not working. I have a Lenovo G550 with Intel Core 2 Duo (Centrino 2)
P8700, Mobile Intel GM45 Express 4500MHD
I am thinking of downgrade to 9.04 that worked perfectly.
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I had this problem earlier in the karmic release cycle, and now, after
using Update Manager to update to what I assume is the Release
Candidate, the problem returned. I suppose that the update overwrote my
grub settings, which had the i915.modeset=0 parameter added. So... is
this parameter still
After updates on the 15 the blank screen on boot problem persists on an
Acer Aspire One 110L (ZG5) BUT under specific circumstances ONLY: when
booting on battery power with ethernet cable connected. If either of
those two conditions is not met - no problem booting.
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2.6.32rc4 generic still black screen, boot up process takes much more than
2.6.31,
splash appears for few seconds, the final boot to X takes about minute more tha
2.31
But luckilly I have X, what's goin' on before - don't know, removed dhcp server
and all the delayin stuff
but still too slowly
PS: No problem with recognizing screens, PC is notebook DELL D620 so maybe Xorg
switch to extrnal NO screen and after
framebuffer switch back to LCD with login.. ??
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I'm having a problem with an i865 and a CRT monitor connected via
DVI-VGA - There's some problems getting EDID data (see dmesg logs
attached)
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The only solution I've found so far is to turn the monitor off after
grub, wait about 10 seconds and turn the monitor back on (this only
works 10% of the time). If this doesn't work I have to press the power
button, press alt-s and try the boot again.
Fortunately, when the display is up (albeit
I am not quite sure if I am suffering from this bug or #430694 . All I can say
is that it does not work out of the box (screen blanking just after the
isolinux splash of the LiveCD 2009-10-05) and that it does work when adding
i915.modeset=0 to the boot args.
How can I tell what bug is the one
The original bug that caused the black screen has been fixed.
HOWEVER there is a *different* bug that has the same symptom - if you
are still experiencing black screen problems, you may be suffering from
bug 430694 instead - subscribe to that for updates
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Just wanted to add a me too. After choosing the kernel from the Grub
menu, there's a good 10 second delay or so, then the textual boot
process appears. I see usplash at what seems to be GDM loading.
% lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel
All - I have the same problem on my ibm x61s thinkpad.
I've just upgraded from jaunty to karmic beta and now I can't get into my
system.
I tried adding the 'i915.modeset=0' option to the line that begins with kernel,
but no success.
No matter what I do, I always land on a blank screen with a
I have tried multiple times changing the kernel line to end with i915.modeset=0
and nomodeset, however nothing works.I just get a blinking cursor on a black
screen as mentioned in my post above.
I am logged in via my jaunty live-cd. Are there any changes I can do to make
the system bootable
ok i tried a few things
when i get the blinking cursor on black screen (after grub screen), I can do a
ctrl-alt-del and get to the prompt and quickly do a init 3 and prevent system
reboot. After this I can do ctrl-atl-f2 and login.
I can also do a sudo dhclient eth0 and get an ip addy and get
I finally got into my system.
After grub, I get a blinking cursor on a black screen. I need to do a
ctrl-alt-del to get to a prompt, then quickly type init 3 to prevent reboot.
After this I need to remount the file system as rw and then do a sudo service
dbus start, followed by sudo service hal
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I've installed karmic beta yesterday, and now I can boot to the desktop.
With alpha 6 the only thing I could see was a black screen where nothing
could be done, even the caps locks key failed to work.
However it seems that the new xsplash doesn't work, as I'm getting no
splash at all, only the
With 2.6.31-10-generic kernel everything is working fine on Alpha6.
Today I upgraded to Beta with the same 2.6.31-10-generic kernel and it
works.
With 2.6.31-11 I had the same problem stated in this bug report.
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Wondering if my problem is related to this: I get a black screen
(monitor goes to standby) when booting the livecd/installer.
The hardware is last year's Mac Mini with Intel GMA 950.
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@Olli Helenius: You're absolutely right here, I've got the same hardware
and same problem. It does not work with any daily or official live CD
since Alpha 6 (the versions before show other graphics bugs).
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I think the problem is extremely serious and postponing the solution to the
release candidate is dangerous.
It seems to me there is no intention of fixing it, like the mtrr bug in jaunty..
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I agree with Igor, in terms of testing, this is a very severe issue. If
I wasn't able to put that boot option into place (like 99% of the
users), I wouldn't have been able to do any testing at all. In terms of
marketing, I think it is not a good idea to release beta software
without the Intel
Igor Gomes [2009-09-29 23:23 -]:
Steve, in my opinion this is a quite serious regression that touch
on a very important deliverable for Karmic: KMS. It should not be
postponed. If so, we'll be repeating the Intel issue we had with
Jaunty.
It was just postponed for the beta release,
I hope the following info is useful: With daily-live 2009-09-29 the
issue remains unsolved -- still no screen without the kernel option. If
that is what you've called original fix then I'd suggest rating its not
working as serious indeed.
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Steve, in my opinion this is a quite serious regression that touch on a very
important deliverable for Karmic: KMS. It should not be postponed. If so, we'll
be repeating the Intel issue we had with Jaunty.
I already got a workaround (comment #37). Tomorrow I'll get the
problematic laptop again
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Just to confirm the previous post:
With
initramfs-tools 0.92bubuntu50
usplash 0.5.38
udev 147~-5
it does not work without setting i915.modeset on my Mac Mini 2nd generation. I
was using live 2009-09-27, network now working.
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I do confirm networking working too. But the graphics still a serious
regression. I'll stay with this laptop only today, let me know if I can
be any help. (HP DV2000)
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Got new results: Workaround.
1) Add nomodeset to the grub options in /etc/default/grub
2) Run update-grub
3) Restart
4) Somehow, it will be fallback to the console. But just hitting CTRL+ALT+F7
the normal Ubuntu initialization starts (with that white line in the middle)
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I have no idea about the timing of daily builds, but I'd think it'd be
available by now, since the package has been out nearly three days.
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Still not working with the latest updates. Using the option
i915.modeset=0 on grub does solve the problem. HP Pavilion DV2000.
Best,
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Unless using the daily live cd as of 2009-09-24 is not the right way of
testing this patch, it is not working for me. However, i915.modeset=0
still does the job. I don't know if this is of any interest but I am
also not able to establish a network connection (neither through LAN nor
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@Fabus: I imagine not. The new packages weren't yet in my update last
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Check
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as well as for udev and usplash and confirm your versions.
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Did this get fixed already, or worked around? I updated this morning,
saw some sysv etc. updates and kernel 10.35, and have booted twice
without nomodeset now without incident.
By the way, when I did have the problem, it was particularly troublesome
on my Eee PC 1000HEB, because it apparently
It appears to be fixed also on my system.
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On my system the screen blanks, the loading proceeds (but without
usplash) and then appears gdm
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I got the sysv, kernel updates too, but my system is still broken. It
does not boot (screen is turned off) without 'nomodeset'.
Hardware brightness buttons, ALT+SysRq+REISUB, nothing works.
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LP: #392039, #431812.
* hooks/framebuffer:
- rename from hooks/kernelextras, this is much more descriptive and
actually matches the associated
This bug was fixed in the package udev - 147~-5
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- Rename from udev.initramfs-bottom and move from local-premount to
init-top
- Add a pre-requisite on all_generic_ide so that gets a chance before
This bug was fixed in the package usplash - 0.5.38
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LP: #392039, #431812.
* debian/control:
- increase dependency on initramfs-tools for new framebuffer handling
* initramfs/hooks/usplash:
- change pre-requisite to framebuffer
*
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I don't know if this anything do with this, but the same thing happened
to me while trying generic 2.6.31 and on some previous rc's I tried.
2.6.30 worked just fine. I used the kernel-team-ppa. I tried them out on
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Status: New
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