Could my problem be related? I get a completely blank screen until X starts, when I boot. I mean completely blank. In other words, no BIOS messages, no SplashTop, no grub menu, nothing.
This happened while I was finalising my install on a new PC, and changed from using a CRT monitor on DVI directly, to using D-SUB (VGA) connector through a Belkin 4-port KVM. So I boot now by waiting a few seconds for Splashtop to have appeared, the n hit Enter (since I configured it to prompt rather than timeout, and luckily it starts with the mouse hovering over the Exit Splashtop option); then I wait a few seconds for grub to load, then nit Enter again to choose my default kernel. Then 20 or 30 seconds later X starts up and suddenly i see the Ubunti screen an all is well. But if I ever mess up a grub config or some other hardware or config problem then I'll be literally in the dark, and unable to do any BIOS stuff or grub stuff to get back in operation. I have a theory that because /etc/usplash.conf had been set by something to 1920x1440 mode while I was using the CRT, that by changing it back to represent 1024x768 and re-running "update-usplash-theme usplash-theme-ubuntu" to modify the initrd image, things may come good. But i'd welcome any advice before I next try to reboot. I do see a message from the LCD monitor about "Display mode out of range" at various stages, so this may be on the right track. Though I'm very very surprised that anything could stop the BIOS messages from displaying on screen. Could the usplash feature set the resolution in the nVidia graphics card so that it starts up in that mode on a warm boot?! I suppose another possibility is that all the boot messages are going out only on the DVI channel, and nothing on the VGA, until X starts? luke -- Long delay with blank screen during boot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563480 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
