I take that back. I have no idea why that worked the last time. It seems similar to this bug which has persisted for several months: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/554569
I found (as they did) that connecting an external monitor to the laptop "helped" it boot. I also found that lowering the brightness completely makes the system unstable. I'm using the workaround suggested there (xforcevesa i915.modeset=0) until these bugs are worked out. -- blank screen on bootup with HP Touchsmart tm2t laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/633596 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