This seems to be a somewhat intermittent problem. I rebooted the laptop a few times (with "xforcevesa quiet splash" still in menu.lst) and it worked once. However on reboot I got the black screen again and had to power it off.
It fails FAR more than it succeeds though (without changing the grub line). This behaviour seems to be similar to #257819 -- [intrepid] intel 965 not recognised by LiveCD/installer https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258884 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
