Have the same issue on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron). Tried alpha 3 and the daily build from 19th January. I have a Nvidia 8800GTS 512 MB graphics card and a Samsung SyncMaster 226BW. Pressing 'F6' at boot and changing --splash to --nosplash solves the issue.
The requested outputs: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-3-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 3 22:50:33 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Unknown device 0600 (rev a2) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/usplash.conf # Usplash configuration file xres=640 yres=480 -- [usplash] black screen during usplash. Ubuntu boots fine https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68647 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