This is how I got my Dell Inspiron E1705/9400 with ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 working:
Undo all the other things you did with vesafb. The /etc/initramfs- tools/modules and /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer files should be their defaults (vesafb should be commented out again.) sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules Add fbcon and vga16fb So my /etc/initramfs-tools/modules looks like: fbcon vga16fb sudo update-initramfs -u sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer Change the line "blacklist vga16fb" to "#blacklist vga16fb" The only kernel parameters I have in menu.lst are "quiet splash" (the default) Reboot and all the virtual terminals work. I'm still having a little issue with the usplash that appears on shutdown though. -- 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
