Compaq Presario v5015us Gutsy fixed by changing resolution in usplash.conf and updating initramfs.
changed /etc/usplash.conf (yres had been set to 1024): # Usplash configuration file xres=1280 yres=800 Ran update-initramfs: sudo update-initramfs -c -k all Please note that when I changed resolution in usplash.conf and rebooted it still did not work. I had to update-initramfs to resolve. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs