Setting /etc/usplash.conf to 640x480 doesn't help (I just tried). The monitor is able to display 800x600.
-- [maybe initramfs-tools or usplash?] black screen during usplash. Ubuntu boots fine https://launchpad.net/bugs/68647 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs