It looks like the text is being printed with black foreground on a black background. The final position of the login prompt is lower if I run more scripts on boot.
** Description changed: Binary package hint: upstart Release: - Ubuntu Server 10.04 - Minimal Virtual Machine installation + Ubuntu Server 10.04 + Minimal Installation + Version - 0.6.5-5 + 0.6.5-5 What you expected to happen: - When the system boots, result from init scripts should be visible on the screen. That way, it is easy to know at boot time if some service failed to boot + When the system boots, result from init scripts should be visible on the screen. That way, it is easy to know at boot time if some service failed to boot What happened instead: - Only a black screen is shown - The caret is shown on screen bl'inking and moving vertically. Maybe the output from init scripts is there, but masked in back characters - The first login prompt is at the middle/bottom of the screen + Only a black screen is shown + The caret is shown on screen blinking and moving vertically. Maybe the output from init scripts is there, but masked with black characters + The first login prompt is at the middle/bottom of the screen ** Description changed: Binary package hint: upstart Release: Ubuntu Server 10.04 - Minimal Installation - + Minimal Virtual Machine installation + No plymouth is installed (this is by default) Version 0.6.5-5 What you expected to happen: When the system boots, result from init scripts should be visible on the screen. That way, it is easy to know at boot time if some service failed to boot What happened instead: Only a black screen is shown - The caret is shown on screen blinking and moving vertically. Maybe the output from init scripts is there, but masked with black characters + The caret is shown on screen bl'inking and moving vertically. Maybe the output from init scripts is there, but masked in back characters The first login prompt is at the middle/bottom of the screen -- No verbose output on ubuntu-server https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/542666 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
