[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-24 Thread aidanr
Orange2k's fix worked for me, thanks -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 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

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-24 Thread FooTE
i can also confirm that Orange2k's fix worksi have a usplash and also no blank screen afterwards and so i am able to view the compleate boot process on my screen. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-24 Thread Todd Boss
Bug confirmed on my IBM Thinkpad T42 (Radeon Mobility 7500). Giuseppe's modification of bluwShark's procedure fixed the problem: 1) Changed the resolution in /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768 2) sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r` -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread Harvey Muller
Brett, For the record, using startup-manager to select each resolution/color depth does not resolve the missing splash at startup and shutdown in my configuration. Sam Pearson's earlier post about missing consoles is interesting, in that my consoles are also missing. But mine are missing in all

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread brettalton
I'm sorry to those whose USplash still isn't working. I was merely offering a quick fix and it only seems to be working on half of the machines that have tried. I hope the diffs will present some useful information to the devs, but I'm sure there is a lot of data they need as well -- CPU

Re: [Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread malaeum
Well, I am still unable to get this working. If we are now moving onto considering it to be hardware related here is what I have... [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/mmschnei# lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread chris
- editing /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768 - running sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r` Seems to have worked for my Dell Latitude D600. =) -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

Re: [Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread malaeum
Well it seems to me that the main issue of contention here is the detected settings being incorrect for given hardware. I am wondering how usplash defines things like vertical and horizontal refresh rates and if they are modifiable. Perhaps something along the lines of X's modelines? I'm kinda of

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread aidanr
Neither of the solutions posted worked for me and the diff files were empty -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread Sam Pearson
I have seen this bug with an old (~6 year) 1024x768 TFT driven by an nVidia GForce MX2 card following an install from the final Gutsy release CD. The monitor compains about the resolution before turning itself off until X comes up, which is configured fine and works perfectly. First thing I

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread Jonas Bygdén
Isn't this related to (or even a duplicate of) a href=https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129910;bug #129910/a? -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread brettalton
Well I never said you should just add vga=791, let startupmanager do the work. Good to hear that sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r` is working though. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread brettalton
@Jonas: No. This is where tty7 (graphical USplash) does not display. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread Jonas Bygdén
@brettalton: Yes, I understand that, but isn't that based on having a framebuffer device to display it on/in? -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread c-cube
@brettalton : As setting usplash.conf to a lower res (1024x768) and running sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r` didn't work at all for me, I tried your fix and it worked perfectly fine but not as is. I had to set display in StartUp-Manager to 640x480 res and 8 bit colordepth (i.e the lower

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread Wingman
Ok the first workaround by changing the xres and yres in usplash.conf worked for me, but i also tried the other fix by brettalton on another fresh installation, here is the result (of course usplash now works) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cp -p /boot/grub/menu.lst ~/menu.lst cp -p /etc/usplash.conf

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread René Vangsgaard
brettalton, I have used your recipe on an Asus V1S, unfortunately with no difference. usplash.diff is embedded below, menu.lst is attached. --- /home/rva/usplash.conf-bak 2007-10-23 21:17:28.0 +0200 +++ /home/rva/usplash.conf 2007-10-23 21:22:46.0 +0200 @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ #

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-23 Thread René Vangsgaard
Sorry, sent the wrong menu.lst. The diff of menu.lst and menu.lst-bak: --- menu.lst2007-10-23 21:23:30.0 +0200 +++ menu.lst-bak2007-10-18 17:21:31.0 +0200 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-22 Thread René Vangsgaard
I have this error on my Laptop (Asus V1S) as well, graphics card NVidia Geforce 8600M GT. I tried changing resolutions in /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768 and executed update-initramfs, but it didn't do any good or bad. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-22 Thread Vadim Peretokin
Doing this as someone above posted: 1) Changed the resolution in /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768 2) sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r` Fixed the issue for my ThinkPad T40 (Radeon 7500 as the video card). -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-22 Thread brettalton
If sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r` doesn't work, can you please try my fix here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/150930/comments/18 Thank you. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-22 Thread Harvey Muller
brettalton: For clarity, that along with the other suggestions have not worked in my case. There was no difference in the config files in my case. And running startupmanager did not have any effect on the system, unless I actually changed a value. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-22 Thread brettalton
Well that's what I was trying to get you to do: use startmanager and make USplash 640x480 and see if it works. If it does, then give us the diff file to see what has changed. I've fixed previous bad USplash's with this method. The only thing that I can see that fixed them was startupmanager

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-22 Thread zajjar
I also confirm this bug on Toshiba Satelite A75-S206 (ATI Radeon Mobility 9000). Workaround is similar to solutions described above: 1. Modify file: /etc/usplash.conf to 1280x800 2. Run: sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r` -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-22 Thread malaeum
I also am having this bug. On the 7.10 live cd I am getting it as well as on my installed OS. I am using an Nvidia 8600 GT with nvidia 100.14.X drivers installed via Envy. I have two displays hooked up, each is 1280x1024. I tried updating /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480 and

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-21 Thread Wingman
I confirm this bug. This happens also to me using a fresh install of ubuntu 7.10 final from the i386 desktop cd I use a CRT screen (15 inchs) on an old nvdia RIVA TNT2 video card (open drivers). I haven't checked usplash.conf yet, i'll do it as soon as possible. I also noticed that the sceen

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-21 Thread trmanco
I can get the splash screen but during the system boot the screen turns off and then turns on again, this also happens when I restart or shutdown. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-21 Thread Bruno Luna
I confirm also this bug in my laptop (asus f5r, video card ati Xpress 200M, 1280x800, 60Hz). Same problem as the other guys, that means, without boot splash screen during start and shutdown of the system, and also the really slow boot(as mentioned by sirwitti). But I used the same workaround

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-21 Thread borfast
I can also confirm this on my laptop (Acer TravelMate 4001 WLMi, graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon 9700/64 Mb). After the fix in /etc/usplash.conf and executing «sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r`» it came back to normal. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-20 Thread sirwitti
same problem on Acer Travelmate 4001 LMi (1024 x 768): no bootsplash at startup, but at shutdown everything was fine. and it took some minutes (more than normal) to boot. for me worked the workaround posted by bluwShark, but even without adding a line to grub's menu.lst: 1) changed the

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-20 Thread BJizzle
I have this same problem, though I'm trying to use frame buffer. I changed my resolution than ran update-initramfs and that didn't seem to help any. I'm going to try and not use frame buffer and see what it does. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-20 Thread BJizzle
Yes, turning frame buffer off appears to allow the console to be displayed again at boot time. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. --

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-20 Thread Rafael Gattringer
Bug confirmed for Radeon Mobility U1 @ 1280x800 Workaround (as described): /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768 update-initramfs -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-20 Thread Giuseppe Pantanetti
Some interesting news: I made a fresh install of Gutsy (on ATI Mobility Radeon X300 1024x768) with an alternate version disk and this problem didn't appear. I suffered from this bug on my previous installation with a live/desktop disk... -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-19 Thread yossarian
brettalton, I have done exactly what you wrote above, then set in StartupManager [EMAIL PROTECTED] and it helped :) usplash.diff is empty, menu.diff says: --- /home/jump/menu.lst-bak 2007-10-19 12:09:55.0 +0200 +++ /home/jump/menu.lst 2007-10-19 10:24:00.0 +0200 @@ -30,7

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-19 Thread Harvey Muller
Additional information - None of the above work to resolve the usplash issue on an Inspiron 1420 / NVIDIA GeForce 8400 on a Gutsy amd64 install. If I remember correctly when I was testing, the i386 version did not have this problem. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-19 Thread Giuseppe Pantanetti
I had the same problem on a IBM Thinkpad T43 (Model 2668Y3U) with an ATI Radeon Mobility X300 with a fresh install of Gutsy (desktop version). I've solved this issue using bluwShark's procedure: 1) Changed the resolution in /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768 2) sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r`

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-18 Thread brettalton
Intel Celeron 1.7GHz, Intel 845GL northbridge, Intel 82801DB southbridge, Intel integrated 82845G GPU, generic 22 widescreen monitor. No USplash. I used Start-up manager to fix the problem. It was set at 1400x1050 so I changed the splash to 640x480. It also added the line vga=791 and that may

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-18 Thread JoshuaKersey
experiencing problem on a N6600 with a VA1921wb via VGA and a panasonic 35 crt via s-vid. haven't had a chance to try above steps. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-18 Thread yossarian
HP ze2113us, ATI 200M - same problem as posted by Vadim Peretokin (Usplash.conf was reporting 1280x1024. I changed it down to 1024x768, but no deal. The shutdown splash works. Just not the bootup one) -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-18 Thread brettalton
= RUN THIS = $ cp -p /boot/grub/menu.lst ~/menu.lst-bak cp -p /etc/usplash.conf ~/usplash.conf-bak sudo aptitude install startupmanager gksudo startupmanager echo '-- Please reboot your computer!' -- REBOOT YOUR COMPUTER -- == THEN RUN

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-17 Thread Stéphane Graber
Markus Korn had a similar issue with Ubuntu Desktop amd64 (20071016). In his case the uplash.conf xres and yres are empty then his screen goes off at boot time and he's unable to see anything till X started (unable to do the check CD for example). Hardware is a Geforce 8600GT and a VGA screen

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-17 Thread Vadim Peretokin
Same problem here, usplash.conf was reporting 1280x1024. I changed it down to 1024x768, but no deal. I'm on a ThinkPad T40, Radeon 7500. But, oddly enough, the shutdown splash works. Just not the bootup one... -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-17 Thread Drascus
I have the same problem with my Compaq presario V2000 Laptop with AMD/ATI chipset. On boot up the Grub would display and then the screen would go blank. It did nothing after this. By holding ctrl/alt/F3 a command line displayed and the computer booted after this. I then received no login splash

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-16 Thread Harvey Muller
Same experience reported by infodroid. Hardware similar, 1440x900 resolution laptop screen, PM965 chipset, NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS. Attempted fix reported by bluwShark, but no success. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-15 Thread bluwShark
I was having the same issue with the black screen Dell that has a ati x1400 video card and widescreen lcd (1440x900) and was able to fix the problem using the steps below. 1) Change the resolution in /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768 2) Add vga=791 to the kernel line in /etc/boot/menu.lst 3) sudo

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-15 Thread Infodroid
I reported bug #152265 with similar problems. The screen is blank while booting up, however it did appear with the livecd but at the wrong resolution (it was not widescreen). Just to point out my laptop is widescreen with resolution 1440x900. Hardware is Mobile Intel PM965 chipset with ATI

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-14 Thread DeployPenguins
I forgot to post the question I had that lead to me writing the above comment. :) Sorry! I wanted to know if this ticket applies to what I'm experiencing if maybe someone would kindly take the time to help me find out? Thanks! -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-14 Thread DeployPenguins
I'm experiencing an issue with my Lenovo T60 X1400 where when I try to boot the LiveCD using either the normal boot selection or the Safe Graphics Selection, after the kernel configures itself, X tries to start about 6 times but fails each time. Looking at the Xorg file that was automatically

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-12 Thread Stevi
On my machine there's also a black screen during boot and shutdown-process. (Toshiba Satellite Amilo Pro 100, Gutsy RC, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 1280x800, Intel Core Duo) -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-12 Thread Stevi
Sorry, I mixed up my machines. This bug appears on my Toshiba Satellite Pro A100. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-11 Thread Zach Stern
Confirmed. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 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

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-10 Thread Jonathan Riddell
I confirm this in Kubuntu RC candidates. Affected two computers with different video cards. usplash.conf set to 1280x1024 when monitors are 1024x768 ** Changed in: usplash (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed Target: None = ubuntu-7.10-rc -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-10 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
As a data point, my Ubuntu desktop with 1280x1024 has the following usplash.conf xres=1024 yres=768 Which looks fine, so I don't know why higher values would be needed here really. ** Changed in: usplash (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-10 Thread Colin Watson
Fixed in my local tree, but needs testing and may be post-RC at this point. ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: usplash = ubiquity ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Colin Watson (kamion) Status: Confirmed = In Progress -- Black screen, and

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-10 Thread Henrik Nilsen Omma
stgraber confirmed on IRC that this also affects Ubuntu ninstalls. -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 150930] Re: Black screen, and bad usplash.conf

2007-10-09 Thread Ubuntu QA Tracker
** Tags added: iso-testing -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 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

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