the commands below also solved the issue, however resolution isn't perfect sudo modprobe vga16fb sudo modprobe fbcon
just waiting for the bug fix and so far working with the temp fix. many thanks to all pointing that out. It drove me crazy many days ago. -- tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs