Since the submitter mentions getting a blank screen even before X has started, and with the livefs you should unconditionally see the plymouth splash screen on boot, this looks to pretty clearly be a kernel problem rather than X>
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) Importance: Low => High ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: High Assignee: Chris Halse Rogers (raof) Status: Triaged -- [lucid] [nouveau] blank screen on Dell Precision M4500 [10de:0cbc] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/556856 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