I confirm this behavior. asus k8v se, athlon64/3200 nvidia geforce 6800 with nvidia 9746 drivers
usplash version 0.4-41 editing menu.lst by removing "splash" works after i applied the patch everything is working now -- usplash: blank screen. does not switch to gdm / kdm https://launchpad.net/bugs/81474 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs