I also got the black screen when trying to boot from the 8.10 live cd. My screen actually displayed a message that it is turning off right after splash screen as if the computer was switched off, but doing <CTL><ALT><F1> got me to the shell, but I was unable to start x from there.
graphics card is an ATI 2400HD Pro -- Got a black screen with Ubuntu 8.10 beta LIVE CD https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277699 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
