You are right, it's a bit of a botch fix, but it seems quite a lot of people are getting a black screen and, from what I could gather, it's a kernel problem with older machines. Which really isn't good if your black screen PC is your only PC! :(
On 02/05/10 13:15, John Matthews wrote: > I have done that. It seems to be a bit of a way out really, it doesnt > get rid of the problem, and its gone back to a previous kernel. I tried > updating from there, and it didnt work. > > John > > On 02/05/10 12:33, Ronnie Tucker wrote: > >> I had a similar problem with my laptop when I upgraded to Lucid. It >> would boot past GRUB, reach the screen with the Ubuntu logo then the >> screen would go black and it would just sit there doing nothing. >> >> What I did (after much Googling) was to hold down SHIFT as soon as I >> turned the machine on, it'll then show the GRUB boot menu. From there >> you can choose a kinda safe mode and what-not. But mine still had the >> previous kernel in the list of possible choices, so I booted with that >> previous kernel option, and it worked. >> >> Now I'll need to install startupmanager to make that option the default >> option in GRUB. >> >> Good luck! >> >> > > -- Ronnie Tucker ron...@ronnietucker.co.uk http://ronnietucker.co.uk TWITTER: twitter.com/ronnietucker FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ronnietuckerart MSN: ronnietuc...@hotmail.com Registered Linux User # 456627 Registered Ubuntu User # 18227 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
