[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
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[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@strabes To extract the usplash.conf file from the initramfs, follow these steps: 1. open a terminal 2. run this command: mkdir tmp; cd tmp; gzip -cd /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r) | cpio -im; cp -a etc/usplash.conf ..; cd ..; rm -rf tmp (best is to paste this line in your terminal, if you retype it, type it exactly as shown above and don't forget the double dot's near the end) This will leave a file usplash.conf in the current dir. Now check it's contents with: cat usplash.conf Now check the contents of the one on the root-fs: cat /etc/usplash.conf If they show different resolutions, then copy the one you just extracted with the command: sudo cp -a usplash.conf /etc/usplash.conf Now the usplash resolution used at shutdown is the same with the one used to boot. To understand more about initrd and initramfs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initramfs -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Confirming on xserver-xorg-video-ati, based on the fact that debbugs #445100 suggest that some Debian ATI driver version fix this problem. ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
In Debian bug number 445100, it is said: You nailed that one, Brice. The problem goes away with xserver-xorg-video-ati/experimental 1:6.7.194-1. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #445100 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445100 ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445100 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@interbird: Thanks for your reply. I ran the commands and both files are identical, but my shutdown usplash is still a small, very dark greyscale version of the normal usplash image. Is there any other information you know that might apply to this problem? Thanks again. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I've tried both: 1. sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and vesafb fbcon vesafb 2. sudo update-initramfs -u 3. sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb 4. reboot and everything is fine and: 1. sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer * change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb and blacklist nvidiafb to # blacklist nvidiafb 2. sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and vesafb and nvidiafb 3. sudo update-initramfs -u -k all and neither worked. The 1st seemed to have no effect at all. The second messed up X so that I only had a very low res gui I've put everything back to how it was but it's very frustrating not to be able to use tty. uspalsh shows on boot up and shut down, but I can only see the white text on black back ground bits on boot up. I get an out of range error (same as for tty) on powering down when it gets to those bits. Is this likely to be fixed any time soon with an update any time soon? -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I do have a VERY different workaround, that let me suggest the real bug is with xserver-xorg-video-intel. Everytime I set my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to use 'i810' driver, my TTY[1-6] works fine. And when I set Xorg to use 'intel' driver, my TTY[1-6] goes away. As I reported in duplicate of this bug #162400. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@interbird: May I ask how to edit the /etc/usplash which is used for shut down? I have apparently edited the one used for bootup by simply running sudo nano /etc/usplash. I don't exactly understand the difference between the two. If you could point me to a website with this kind of information that would be very useful. Thanks for your help. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@strabes At boot-time the splash-screen takes it's resolution from /etc/usplash.conf, *which is in the initramfs image* ! At boot the root-filesystem is changed from the initramfs to the real-root. Your system is on the real-root. On shutdown, the splash-screen takes it's resolution, again, from /etc/usplash.conf. But this is now the /etc/usplash on the real-root... Which is a different file from the one in the initramfs... Make sure they are both the same; /etc/usplash.conf in your initramfs and the /etc/usplash.conf on your root.fs. This link from caravel points to a table of resolutions,modes and numbers for more info. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
errata: #1 s/Which is different/Which could be different/ #2 What's a link to a link without a link... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions#Linux_video_mode_numbers (thx, caravel) -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
thinkpad Z60m (intel vga) framebuffer working with: kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic grub options: # defoptions=nosplash vga=791 sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and vesafb sudo update-initramfs -u thinkpad R50 (ati radeon vga) framebuffer working with: radeonfb module Thanks. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
1. sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer * change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb and I uncommented nvidiafb (if somebody has another card just choose your's) 2. sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and vesafb and nvidiafb (the same as above, if other choose your's) 3. sudo update-initramfs -u -k all And that's it :) Thanks to all :) Regards. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Should I take that to mean, comment out (with #) blacklist nvidiafb (I have an old nvidia Geforce card) so that it is NOT blacklisted? I took this to say that vesafb and nvidiafb are the only ones in my file WITH a # so as not blacklisted. Right? -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
i would recommend not to comment out nvidiafb. there are issues known and what you really want is vesafb. leaving nvidiafb in the blacklist is goood. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Hmm. With only vesafb it is not working, at least with me. Regards. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Same here, I needed to include nvidiafb (with a PCX5300 card). -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
wright, than do it without 4.: 1. sudo gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules add following lines: fbcon vesafb 2. sudo update-initramfs -u 3. sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb 5. sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst this line should look like this (for 1280x800 resolution screen) # defoptions=quiet vga=773 splash and about john yates: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=allq=John+Yatesx=13y=12 -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Never Mind said... I've got a Nvidia FX 5200 sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and -- nidiafb sudo update-initramfs -u -k all It works for me ;) Before I saw your correction right below this post I followed thiswith a slight change. I've got a Nvidia FX 6200 sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb and I uncommented nvidiafb sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and -- nvidiafb and vesafb sudo update-initramfs -u -k all Although I may not need both vesafb and nvidiafb. It works for me ;) p.s. vga=791 grub menu. Gutsy should not have released with this bug. Thanks Dude!!! -- 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
Re: [Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
are you test Nvidia chip with just add vesafb but not nvidiafb to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules if you have time, PLs take a test, Thank you. wait for your report. :) On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 04:00:26PM -, darthanubis wrote: Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: best guess record for domain of [EMAIL PROTECTED] designates 91.189.90.139 as permitted sender) [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: darthanubis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Bug 129910 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy X-Launchpad-Bug: distribution=ubuntu; sourcepackage=initramfs-tools; component=main; milestone=ubuntu-7.10-rc; status=Triaged; importance=Critical; assignee=ubuntu-kernel-team; X-Launchpad-Bug: distribution=ubuntu; sourcepackage=linux-source-2.6.22; component=main; status=New; importance=Undecided; assignee=None; X-Launchpad-Message-Rationale: Subscriber X-Generated-By: Launchpad (canonical.com) Never Mind said... I've got a Nvidia FX 5200 sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and -- nidiafb sudo update-initramfs -u -k all It works for me ;) Before I saw your correction right below this post I followed thiswith a slight change. I've got a Nvidia FX 6200 sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb and I uncommented nvidiafb sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and -- nvidiafb and vesafb sudo update-initramfs -u -k all Although I may not need both vesafb and nvidiafb. It works for me ;) p.s. vga=791 grub menu. Gutsy should not have released with this bug. Thanks Dude!!! -- 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 direct subscriber of the bug. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
hi, i have the same, since gutsy, switching to vt by pressing ctrl+alt+F1-6 results in black screen. removing vga=791 does not change a thing. nvidia go6600 -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
thanks 1000 times to John Yates!!and all of you!!! this worked for me perfectly: ubuntu gutsy framebufer fix for switching to VT: 1. sudo gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules add following lines: fbcon vesafb 2. sudo update-initramfs -u 3. sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb 4. sudo sh -c echo 'fbcon' /etc/initramfs-tools/modules 5. sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst this line should look like this (for 1280x800 resolution screen) # defoptions=quiet vga=773 splash -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I don't know who John Yates is (I don't see a posting with that name here), but what's the use of step 4? You already added fbcon to /etc /initramfs-tools/modules in step 1. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@Goodness Can you send your initrd image to the email-address in the script? I'll try it on my system to see what's wrong with it. Please also include the out put of the lspci -v and lmod commands. *Before you modprobe vesafb; thus when your Ctrl-Alt-Fn terminals are blank* You can use: lspci -v lspci.output to capture the output. Also: lsmod lsmod.output. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Hello, first, i make a backup of my complete installation before i start the test with the skript now i test the skript, at last the version #4. i think my sytem like not to load vesafb at booting. i do following: back to standardfiles /etc/modules, /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer and /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, also without any changes rename the skript without *.txt chmod +X the skript, the right's now 755 run the skript in a terminal without any error's check the folders - OK reboot the system start, after the grub window the screen is black the next screen is the logon-window i to log on now i start a terminal with Strg+Alt F1, this screen is also black back to kdm open a terminal an run sudo modprobe vesafb back to with Strg+Alt F1, now it works why does my system not load vesafb at the booting? -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@Goodness The pushd and popd commands could not be found on your system. I did not realize they are not installed by default, sorry for that. Here is a fixed script. Hope this one works for you. @angel1127 The vesafb should work with any vesa 2.0 compliant videocard. It is only used for the console as X loads it's own (accelerated) driver for the GUI. ** Attachment added: Script to fix gutsy initrd.img to load vesafb unconditionally #2 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10299725/fix-gutsy-initramfs -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@Shriramana Sharma In my former post I meant: vga=792 uses 24-bpp. So try vga=791 and please see if this new script fixes the cpio error you had. ** Attachment added: Script to fix gutsy initrd.img to load vesafb unconditionally #4 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10301766/fix-gutsy-initramfs -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@Shriramana Sharma vga=791 (0x318) uses 24-bpp which could be the problem. Try vga=791 (0x317) which uses 16-bpp. Here is some info (look at the table under section 5.3): http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO-5.html If that doesn't work, I'm currently on IRC and willing to help you. Server: kubrick.freenode.net Channel: #ubuntu Nick: interbird -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@interbird: I'm on en_IN so by doing export LANG=en_US prior to running the script the script worked, and I even got the vga=792 screen until X started. After X started, however, Ctrl+Alt+F1 etc give me a junk display. So: 1) you may consider temporarily storing the LANG environment value into a temporary variable, set it to en_US for the script and restore it at the end, but that may be a problem for users that don't have that locale 2) the problem is not properly solved. I have an Intel 915GAV motherboard. Do I have to select another driver? -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Goodness wrote on 2007-11-0 i have a problem, i can not load vesafb with modified /etc/initramfs- tools/modules. i modified /etc/initramfs-tools/modules: fbcon vesafb and commented out in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer is: blacklist-vesafb sudo update-initramfs -u When i start the system comes a black bootscreen, if i modified the /etc/modules to with vesafb comes at the half boottime the infos from the booting system like feisty. Why load intiramfs not vesafb? You're forget sudo modprobe fbcon sudo modprobe vesafb sudo update-initramfs -u -k all -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@Shriramana Sharma You are right, I was wondering why pushd and popd were not found. I changed the symlink from dash to bash on my system months ago due to more strange behaviour from dash. (I upgraded feisty to gutsy which left my symlink to bash untouched) I too quickly tried to determine which package pushd was in and came to tclx. Which is incorrect as you state. It's a bash feature. Thanks for pointing that out. Yes, I did try the script on my system before uploading. I cannot reproduce your cpio error however. I'm using version 2.8. Maybe it has to do with the locale settings or translation. Try to unset LANG and LC_ALL before running the script. @Goodness The first line of the script should read: #!/bin/bash This version (20071107 #3) has that fix. ** Attachment added: Script to fix gutsy initrd.img to load vesafb unconditionally #3 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10300457/fix-gutsy-initramfs -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
interbird, please change: #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash in the script. That's the problem. You are telling the system to interpret the script using sh which on Ubuntu is a symlink to dash which does not support all of bash's features. (I learnt that the hard way.) pushd and popd are bash built-ins. They are not separate commands to be installed on the system. BTW what do you need tcl for? BBTW: even with changing sh to bash, I am getting a running display of: cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number cpio: Malformed number which I have to manually terminate. Did you check this on your own system before uploading? -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Are the kernel maintainers still actively looking at this? A kernel update is in order, methinks. @interbird: I tried changing 792 to 791 but to no avail. Even changing the xorg.conf depth setting did not help. I still get the junk display when I do Ctrl+Alt+Fn. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@angel1127 Vesa is a videocard independant standard to access higher resolutions than standard vga (640x480x16). Almost any recent videocard supports this. You can read what vesa is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_BIOS_Extensions $kernel-source/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt is correct in that Intel chipsets can use it. But it is not intel-specific-- it's generic. It's also loaded on my nVidia MX440 machine. The problem with Gutsy is that vesafb does not load even if you unblacklist it in /etc/modules.d/blacklist.framebuffer in the initramfs. That's why my script makes it load unconditionally by patching the script in /scripts/top.../framebuffer (ugly hack, i know) An other problem is that many people mistake the loading of vesafb for the console (tty) with the loading of the driver X uses for the GUI. Yet another problem is that there can be interference between vesafb and the (accelerated) driver loaded by X. Regarding color-depth. Using vga=792 uses a 24bpp color-depth for the console which could be problematic with X. But, why use such a color-depth for a console? It only makes it slower. And the GUI uses the driver specified in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Anyway, This problem has been in the beta-versions of gutsy and it has not been fixed for the general release. That's not good. I can imagine people to bark at upgrading to gutsy, or new people installing it freshly, to get pissed off by not having Ctrl-Alt-Fn working. I wrote this script as a one-run solution to this problem and I know it's not a pretty one. But my aim is to provide an answer that works for people having this problem. I've got some valuable feedback on this script which I incorporated in it. What I would like is a script that solves this issue for anyone installing gutsy or upgrading to it. For as long as it's needed. (until a kernel-upgrade finally fixes this quirk) Thank you for reply angel1127, and please keep me sharp :-) IB -- 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
Re: [Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@interbird I view vesafb readme under kernel 2.6.23 source. it seems to used to intel boxs. i do know about what chips support vesa 2.0. is where any list? Thank you. interbird 写道: @Goodness The pushd and popd commands could not be found on your system. I did not realize they are not installed by default, sorry for that. Here is a fixed script. Hope this one works for you. @angel1127 The vesafb should work with any vesa 2.0 compliant videocard. It is only used for the console as X loads it's own (accelerated) driver for the GUI. ** Attachment added: Script to fix gutsy initrd.img to load vesafb unconditionally #2 http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10299725/fix-gutsy-initramfs -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Hello, i have a problem, i can not load vesafb with modified /etc/initramfs- tools/modules. I modified /etc/initramfs-tools/modules: fbcon vesafb and commented out in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer is: blacklist-vesafb sudo update-initramfs -u When i start the system comes a black bootscreen, if i modified the /etc/modules to with vesafb comes at the half boottime the infos from the booting system like feisty. Why load intiramfs not vesafb? My Hardware ist a IBM Lenovo T60 Laptop with ATI X1400 -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@Goodness Maybe this script fixes it for you. ** Attachment added: Fix gutsy initrd.img to load vesafb unconditionally http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10292550/fix-gutsy-initramfs -- 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
Re: [Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
its just can used to fix chip of intel which use vesafb. for a fresh to linux, they may use this to all ubuntu. so i think, if you write script to fix, Pls give a error or warning when non intel chip. or write a script to fix common chips. THX. interbird 写道: @Goodness Maybe this script fixes it for you. ** Attachment added: Fix gutsy initrd.img to load vesafb unconditionally http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10292550/fix-gutsy-initramfs -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@ interbird thanks for your help, but there is a problem with the skript: ./fix-gutsy-initramfs: 29: pushd: not found cp: Aufruf von stat für „initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic“ nicht möglich: No such file or directory gzip: initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic.gz: No such file or directory ./fix-gutsy-initramfs: 53: pushd: not found ./fix-gutsy-initramfs: 56: cannot open initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic: No such file rm: Entfernen von „initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic“ nicht möglich: No such file or directory ./fix-gutsy-initramfs: 62: pushd: not found ./fix-gutsy-initramfs: 71: popd: not found ./fix-gutsy-initramfs: 77: pushd: not found ./fix-gutsy-initramfs: 93: popd: not found ... 2640 blocks ./fix-gutsy-initramfs: 100: popd: not found ./fix-gutsy-initramfs: 106: popd: not found -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Sounds nice. Will try it when I get home tonight. But what about non-nVidia systems? I am having the same problems on an Intel system (with a 82915G video chip). -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
This is in response to caravel's comments: My hardware is similar. Nvidia GeForce 8400M GS, Intel Core 2 Duo. I also have Gutsy amd64 desktop installed. I was intrigued that you were able to get a console with native 1440x900, and gave your method a try. It was not successful. But I was able to get consoles at 1440x900 with usplash working using: modified /etc/usplash.conf: xres=1440 yres=900 modified /boot/grub/menu.lst added vga=0x0365 to defoptions ran sudo update-grub Modified /etc/initramfs-tools/modules: fbcon vesafb Commented out in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer is: blacklist-vesafb ran sudo update-initramfs -u Your instructions are inconsistent, early you state vga=0x0365, then later vga=0x365. hwinfo showed 0x0365 to be correct.I haven't been able to make the nvidiafb module work. But at least I now have consoles at the native 1440x900 resolution of my laptop monitor. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@caravel Just tried your solution on the nVidia system. It works. Not without the vesafb. In that case the monitor and video card are not recognised, and I get the Gnome window at 800x600 in the center of my 1280x1024 monitor. tty1-6 looked ok, but could not switch back to tty7 (just a flashing cursor in the upper left corner of a black screen). And the shutdown splash was awful (resolution and colours). With vesafb included, all seems fine. tty1-6 are about 140x64 characters. Just like they were in Feisty. Until there is an official solution I keep it the way it is now. One down (nVidia), one to go (Intel). -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@caravel Did the same on the Intel system, with intelfb instead of nvidiafb. Everything seemed to be ok, until I tried to switch back from tty1 to tty7. tty7 was just black. It did work however, because the key sequence alt-F1, S, A, alt-H restarted the system (keys are for the Dutch locale). Returned to the previous state, but changed vga=794 to vga=0x31a. Now it seems to work. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Just correcting myself: 9. to allow module loading, I commented two blacklist lines in this file: $ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer # blacklist nvidiafb # blacklist vesafb * if anyone had the time to try without vesafb, that would be great Cheers -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Bug confirmed on fresh 7.10 final installation $ uname -sr Linux 2.6.22-14-generic $ lspci | grep 'VGA' 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) but can neither confirme John Yate's fix nor loading it manually. Black ttys untill gdm comes up on tty7. ~$ lsmod | grep fbcon ~$ ~$ sudo modprobe fbcon ~$ lsmod | grep fbcon fbcon 41760 0 tileblit3584 1 fbcon font9344 1 fbcon bitblit 6912 1 fbcon still no change. kernel boot options in menu.lst: root=UUID=... ro splash vga=791 Only work around is removing vga= option gives back ttys as desired. But vga= is needed to show usplash from right after grub passes control. Note: Had issues with initramfs not showing usplash (see Bug #157620). Solutions involves update-usplash-theme (i.e. update-initramfs) if that helps. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
** Tags added: hardy-kernel-candidate -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: The solution outlined in fanatic's last post has made my console visible. I didn't have to use any vga settings in grub. I should add that this has seemingly messed up my bootsplash. It is now of a lower resolution, and is offset to the right to the point where half of it is on the right edge of the screen and the rest is wrapped around onto the left. I've experimented with a few different resolutions in /etc/usplash.conf but there's been no change. Correcting these comments, I _was_ using a vga= parameter in grub (I didn't notice it before), and the usplash problem was fixed by setting usplash.conf to 1024x768. So the solution for me was to load the fbcon, vesafb and vga16fb modules into the initramfs and remove their blacklisting. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I have had this bug for a long time in Feisty and now in Gutsyinstead of a black screen I received verticle colored lines filling the whole screen. I have HP dv8000 with AMD with ATI X200M The bug only exists when I use fglrx drivers. I employed the solution of Kai (way above: radeonfb, etc) and also added vga=791 to kernel line in menu.list, then restart system. This resulted in a fix of a long standing issue for me, but did not make the system unusable. I am only a step or two above noob. I cannot speak for others, only myself, this has not been a critical issue. However, I know that others rely on this working than what I do. Thanx for the fixI now have a way out if KDE or x crashes. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Best results I got so far: - used startupmanager to set resolution to 1280x1024 (could do this manually, but wanted to try this way); - manually removed vga=794 setting from boot parameters in /boot/grub/menu.lst; - no changes to the default modules list or blacklists. I now have a proper startup and shutdown screen with progress bar (and with text if I select that option in startupmanager). tty1-6 have the proper font, but an incorrect resolution (probably 640x480, it's 80x30 characters). I think I will leave it like this, until the Ubuntu guys come up with a real solution. Loading modules fbcon and vesafb lead to a bunch of green blocks on a black and unresponsive tty1. Loading modules fbcon and vga16fb lead to a low resolution tty1, with an ugly font, and a fucked up shutdown screen, also at 640x480, with colors so bad that you can hardly see what's there. In the mean time I have seen some very strange things happening, like the X screen getting blank while loading the desktop. The monitor power light starts blinking. After pressing a key or moving the mouse the screen returns (and the monitor shows digital for a few seconds, so there really was no signal). -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@ardchoille I actually used mc as root to add the module-names and then posted the append-commands without checking if they worked. And you are right, they don't work; shame on me. Your comment reminds me again to always double-check before posting. Thanks ! -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
So... I know i'm rather new to this whole scene, but the issue i'm having is related, though slightly different. Instead of just plain black tty's, my screen cycles through colors. And only when i'm using nvidia-glx-new drivers. When i use the nvidia-glx ones (after i get them working,) I get to keep my tty's, but every time i reboot, the system defaults back to the vesa drivers. Obviously i'd rather get the tty's working on the new drivers. But i do cycle through colors on tty1-6, it goes red-green-blue-white-grey(which is kind of like a bunch of criss- crossed lines,) a darker grey, an even darker grey, then back to black for a while, then goes back through them... i would think this is the same issue, but it is slightly different. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Loading the vga16fb and fbcon modules gets the ttys working again for me, although their display isn't perfectely centered on screen plus no Login: prompt appears when switching to them (entering the login works nevertheless). Kernel version is 2.6.22-14-generic. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Bug also confirmed on final gutsy upgrade on my computer. The following commands solve the problem (i added the 2 modules in my /etc/modules file). sudo modprobe vga16fb sudo modprobe fbcon -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
This bug almost made Xubuntu uninstallable on my machine (reformat and clean install) since the installer did not recognize my hardware properly, and not all of the options that I passed to the installer were honored by it. And since Xfce-terminal has a bug too (crashes GDM) and I could not bring up Xterm at first, I was left with NO command line interface at all to fix it!! I had to fish around my apartment for a *known* compatible network card to download a few different terminals until I fould one that would work (most just said task completed... exiting and closed down) and menu for a Debian system menu and then get it running by: Deleted my vga= argument in /boot/grub/menu.lst Ran update-grub Corrected resolution in /etc/usplash.conf Enabled fbcon and vesafb in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules Commented out fbcon and vesafb in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer Desperately enabled every possible repository in hopes of a fix in the works Ran upgrade Ran depmod -a Ran dpkg-reconfigure usplash My TTY's are back! but they look funky, and my power-down splash screen is horribly garbled... but it is functional at least. My hardware for this machine is older VESA 2.0 compliant Intel. (Not to get off topic, but in case it helps and/or is related, Gusty did not recognize my touchpad, network card, and APM, ACPI, LAPIC are not functioning properly even though I had them working in Debian sarge, Etch, Lenny and Sid.) -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
ASUS F3SC-AS218E here, with GeForce 8400M. I was testing all Tribes and RC of Ubuntu Gutsy and recently I installed it from official ISO. I have nvidia-glx-new driver installed by Restricted Drivers Manager and I have obviously noticed problems with black virtual terminals. Since this notebook has 1440x900 screen I tried at first to enable this or similarly high resolution. However, my attempts proved I was able to turn on only 1024x768. The following applies only to this kernel (it works as I type): $ uname -a Linux ghost 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Here's the procedure I've used to enable high resolution on consoles: 1. Select font used in framebuffer mode: $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup * select Fixed font or any other you like/prefer 2. Modify kernel parameters: $ sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst * change: # defoptions=quiet splash locale=pl_PL * to: # defoptions=vga=791 quiet splash locale=pl_PL 3. Make sure the changes are applied: $ sudo update-grub 4. Modify usplash configuration: $ sudo nano /etc/usplash.conf * change: xres= yres= * to: xres=1024 yres=768 5. Enable modules autoloading: $ sudo nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules * at the end of file add: fbcon vesafb vga16fb 6. Remove modules from blacklist: $ sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer * change: blacklist vesafb blacklist vga16fb * to: # blacklist vesafb # blacklist vga16fb 7. Just in case: $ sudo depmod -a 8. Apply all changes in one go, including initrd generation: $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash After restart all is right, just like it was in Feisty. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
For me this worked : sudo echo fbcon /etc/modules sudo echo vesafb /etc/modules sudo update-initramfs -v -u -k $(uname -r) The screen will remain blank for some time until the drivers are loaded. To have them loaded earlier-on initrd has to be modified. Some info of my machine: grub menu.list (out-of-auto-kernel-update-section): title Ubuntu 7.10 root(hd0,6) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 quiet vga=791 initrd /initrd.img kernel: Linux troffice 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux video: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
The solution outlined in fanatic's last post has made my console visible. I didn't have to use any vga settings in grub. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I should add that this has seemingly messed up my bootsplash. It is now of a lower resolution, and is offset to the right to the point where half of it is on the right edge of the screen and the rest is wrapped around onto the left. I've experimented with a few different resolutions in /etc/usplash.conf but there's been no change. -- 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
Re: [Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
use vga=791 will effect your gnome UI. you take care look at UI color and other. you will find. interbird 写道: For me this worked : sudo echo fbcon /etc/modules sudo echo vesafb /etc/modules sudo update-initramfs -v -u -k $(uname -r) The screen will remain blank for some time until the drivers are loaded. To have them loaded earlier-on initrd has to be modified. Some info of my machine: grub menu.list (out-of-auto-kernel-update-section): title Ubuntu 7.10 root (hd0,6) kernel/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 quiet vga=791 initrd/initrd.img kernel: Linux troffice 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux video: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02) -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
interbird wrote .. For me this worked : sudo echo fbcon /etc/modules sudo echo vesafb /etc/modules interbird, you might want to cat /etc/modules and see if the expected text was actually written to that file because those two commands shouldn't have worked as you expected them to. The sudo echo blah bit no doubt worked, but the redirection should have failed. Try: echo fbcon | sudo tee -a /etc/modules echo vesafb | sudo tee -a /etc/modules -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I can reproduce this bug on an ATi card (Radeon Xpress 1100) using fglrx. I can also fix the bug by adding vesafb and fbcon to /etc /initramfs-tools/modules, and commenting out the relevant lines in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer. As a result of this the splash image does not display correctly however (it appears to be at far too low a resolution). -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I did a fresh install of Gutsy on my AMD/nVidia system. I can access tty1-6 now, but the font is huge. I am using the nvidia-glx-new restricted drivers, which were installed via the Restricted Manager. I will try to change the resolution to get a smaller font in the tty's, and see if that causes the problem. The fresh install did solve another problem: swat is working again (as it was under Dapper and Edgy, but never under Feisty), and so is hddtemp (but that also worked after the upgrade). So Gutsy has its good points ;-) -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
*** solved here *** using El Chupacabras instructions. vga=791 is working fine. Thank you! -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
No luck here. I've tried all the suggestions made above. I've got a Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop with Nvidia GeForce Go 7900GS graphics. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
---solved here too I used El Chupacabras instructions as well. I have added a vga=791 in my menu.lst and I edited my /etc/initramfs-tools/modules to look like: fbcon vsafb vga16fb I changed /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer blacklist vesafb - #blacklist vesafb blacklist vga16fb - #blacklist vga16fb After that you have to do sudo update-initramfs -u and that's it. I have AMD/nVidia 6200 with nvidia-glx-new restricted drivers and this worked for me. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I confirm the problem here on my Acer Aspire 5680 Laptop. I've installed Ubuntu Gutsy and set up the boot with startup-manager. My tty consoles on f1-6 are invisible, with the flashing cursor on top-left corner, but working. If I log in, it logs me in (I verified from X just after). -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Tried to change the resolution to 1280x1024 by editing usplash.conf and adding vga=794 to the kernel boot parameters, and generating a new initrd image. During boot the Ubuntu logo screen disappeared, and was replaced by a black screen with a flashing cursor in the upper left corner. After a while the login screen appeared. The tty1-6 failed to show text. Restored the initrd image, and all is working again, at low resolution that is... -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
ardchoille, Sorry for the accusation. You're not to blaim, I overreacted in the heat of the moment. Real problem here is that just users are the ones that respond here. Nothing from the official Ubuntu side. Why can't they at least inform us about the status of the bug? Workarounds reported here sometimes contradict: some people say the problem is solved by adding vga=791 to the boot line, others say the problem is solved by removing it. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
gwi, no hard feeling.. and you have a very good point. There should be a standard process to this, since this is a critical bug. Someone from the dev team should be assigned as PR for the bug to come in and say something to the effect of we're working on the bug at the moment and will get back to you with information as soon as possible. Meanwhile, do not perform 'foo' or 'blah blah' as that is not recommended. There are times when something seems to be related to the bug, but in reality is not. I'm no dev and I thought either the nvidia driver or the Restricted Manager were to blame but, as many here have pointed out, there are folks being affected who don't even use nvidia hardware. I feel sorry for the people who just learn about Linux today and download/burn the ISO only to be confronted with this the very first time they try Linux. This kind of bug sheds a bad light on all of Linux, not just Kubuntu, where the Linux newbie is concerned. When this is fixed, there should really be a 7.10.1 release so the live cd's are no longer affected. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I just noticed the date when this bug was first reported: Bug #129910, first reported on 2007-08-02 by Miguel Martinez That's over two months ago. Maybe this is one of those situations where the dev team isn't interested in fixing the bug. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Hi, i have AMD Athlon 2000+ and Nvidia 6200 graphic card. I have installed Gutsy and have the same problem with tty. I have nvidia-glx- new drivers installed and with that drivers it is impossible to make tty work in gutsy, nvidia-glx drivers work fine but then you can't enable your visual effects or 3D becouse you need to enable restricted drivers. I think that restricted drivers are problem here. If anyone could solve this problem please share it ;) -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I am experiencing the problem on two different systems: one (AMD Athlon64 X2) with nVidia restricted drivers, and one (Intel Pentium IV) with the i810 non-restricted drivers. So the restricted drivers are not the (only) cause of this bug. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
gwi have you tried to remove vesafb from blacklist-framebuffer on that system with i810. Maybe that will work, and if you are using nvidia-glx- new restricted drivers try nvidia-glx non-restricted. That worked on my system, but nvidia-glx does not support visual effects or 3D. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I can reproduce this on one system using an NVIDIA card and nvidia-glx drivers, one system using an NVIDIA card and nvidia-glx-new drivers, and one laptop (Acer Travelmate 4000) with an ATI card and no proprietary drivers. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
The original problem (black screen on tty[1-6]) is not related to nvidia
or other hardware and is caused by a change in /scripts/init-
top/framebuffer from Feisty to Gutsy:
--- initrd.feisty/scripts/init-top/framebuffer 2007-02-07 10:52:34.0
+0100
+++ initrd/scripts/init-top/framebuffer 2007-10-22 10:10:22.0 +0200
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
esac
if [ -n ${FB} ]; then
- modprobe -q fbcon
- modprobe -q ${FB} ${OPTS}
+ modprobe -Qb fbcon
+ modprobe -Qb ${FB} ${OPTS}
fi
if [ -e /proc/fb ]; then
With this change modprobe ignores all modules listed in blacklist-
framebuffer, including vesafb and fbcon, while in Feisty those modules
were loaded if required by the user in grub/menu.lst, even if
blacklisted.
The change from Feisty to Gutsy in my opinion is wrong because if the
user requires a particular vesa mode the modules should be loaded even
if they could potentially crash the kernel.
This problem can be solved in two ways: either the -b option is removed
from the framebuffer script, like in Feisty, or the vesafb and fbcon
modules are removed from the blacklist-framebuffer file. In my opinion
the first option should be preferred because it would work with any
graphics driver,
BTW since the black console is still functional if you log-in and load
the modules manually it becomes fully functional again.
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[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I'm no expert, but I have to disagree for the following reasons: 1) I cannot find -b anywhere in my /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts /init-top/framebuffer file 2) My /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer file still contain the lines blacklist vesafb and blacklist vga16fb 3) /etc/initramfs-tools/modules is empty except for some commented out text and my nvidia driver and tty's 1-6 are working properly. I can see and use elinks, mutt, mc, irssi, etc in tty 1-6. I feel that problem is caused by either by the Restricted Manager or the nvidia-glx-new driver, since I installed the nvidia-glx driver manually from the command line and all my tty's are working and I am able to see/use them. It would further narrow it down to hear from someone who has installed the nvidia-glx-new driver without using the Restricted Manager. Even if the problem is caused by the nvidia-glx-new driver, the Restricted Manager is somewhat to blame because it doesn't give the user a choice of drivers.. if it did, I wouldn't have had this problem at all because I would never have chosen a driver with new in the name - I'd be in the same postition I am now with all tty's working and viewable. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
As Massimo Dal Zotto wrote, the original problem (black screen on tty[1-6]) is not related to nvidia or other hardware. The problem exists for non-NVidia users as well, such as mga and intel. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Thanks ardchoille, this: sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx sudo nvidia-glx-config enable sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg really fucked up my system. Ended with a message that my config was corrupt and I should recheck the MD5sum? Result: display adapter: no longer recognised, monitor: no longer recognised, carefully configured Wacom tablet settings: gone. Thank God I had a backup xorg.conf. Why can't someone (at Canonical I presume?) come up with a real solution to this buggy product they call Gutsy Gibbon? Workarounds by users that work for some, but don't for others can't be the way to go. Not if you want Ubuntu to become a serious operating system. (Off-topic: this isn't the only problem: sound is gone since the upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy, and the random freezes of the SATA-controller are still there.) -- 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
Re: [Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
gwl i had the same problem, had to reinstall gutsy and it fixed the problem, try backing up your files and re-install -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I have experienced this problem on a clean install of 7.10. Graphics are provided by an old nvidia gforce mx2 card. TTYs 1-6 showed up following the initial install and following the restricted drivers install using the new GUI module. They disappeared after I added vga=791 to my boot options. Removing the vesafb blacklist from /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer and adding both that module and fbcon to the /etc/initramfs- tools/modules file and updating the initramfs has worked for me, so thanks to those that suggested this as it saved me time fiddling about testing these possibilities myself. I now have TTYs 1-6 working at the correct resolution. I also had to manually correct the /etc/usplash.conf resolution to get the boot spash to work without my monitor complaining - it can only cope with 1024x768. As X.org works fine and correctly detects the limits of the monitor (although the refresh rate can go higher than the GUI wants to let me set it) I can't see why these settings can't be transferred to usplash.conf, but I digress. I regard this as a serious bug, even if it's unlikely to be noticed by less technical users. I certainly noticed it almost immediately. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
gwi wrote: Thanks ardchoille, this: sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx sudo nvidia-glx-config enable .. gwi, I'm sorry it made further problems with your system. However, in all fairness, what I suggested was the proper way to install nvidia drivers on a fresh install without using the Restricted Manager and this method has worked for me on 19 machines as well as the machines of family and friends - which is why I thought it would be safe to post. I am still suspicious that the Restricted Manager is somehow causing all this mess. Regards, ardchoille -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
The same problem occurred for me with a RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] chip. Removing vga=791 from /boot/grub/menu.lst fixed the problem. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Why do you add vesafb to your /etc/initramfs-tools/modules instead of the nvidiafb? As far as I know vesafb is for intel chips. Try the following: sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and nvidiafb sudo update-initramfs -u -k all -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Thank you for trying Thomas Sommer, but it didn't work. I can't live without my tty's. If xorg breaks, I have no alternative but to reinstall Kubuntu. At least in Feisty, I was able to use screen + mutt + irssi + elinks + bash + mc in tty 1-6 and was able to continue work and not have to worry about xorg. This is seriously crippled. -- 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
Re: [Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
My tty return back, i lost it after last update kernel. today i test update-initramfs -u -k all. then restart it, tty return. so i think its because default kernel all black all framebuffer, so you need to update by your configure files /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer /etc/initramfs-tools//modules. In kernel 2.6.23 source document, i see module vesafb is used for intel chips. but fbcon is used to all. so configure modules according to your chip. ardchoille 写道: Thank you for trying Thomas Sommer, but it didn't work. I can't live without my tty's. If xorg breaks, I have no alternative but to reinstall Kubuntu. At least in Feisty, I was able to use screen + mutt + irssi + elinks + bash + mc in tty 1-6 and was able to continue work and not have to worry about xorg. This is seriously crippled. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I have fixed it on the following: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03) I followed satkata's instructions from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/152089 1st comment: 1. sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and vesafb so my /etc/initramfs-tools/modules looks like: fbcon vesafb 2. sudo update-initramfs -u 3. sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer change the line blacklist vesafb to # blacklist vesafb 4. reboot and everything is fine -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I have an ATI Radeon 9600 card, and Kai's fix ( sudo mcedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules fbcon radeonfb sudo update-initramfs -u -k all -v sudo mcedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer #blacklist radeonfb sudo modprobe radeonfb ) Lets me see the shutdown messages, but I still get the black screen on boot up. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I got it!!! I also commented out blacklist vesafb in /etc/modprobe.d /blacklist-framebuffer, and now it works! I'm using the 2.6.22-14-generic kernal. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Got no luck with the workaround here. using vga=0x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [4|~/thunderbird-maddler] $ uname -a Linux aubergine 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce Go 7600] (rev a1) -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
@ Thomas Sommer: nvidiafb is fine if you are using nv video driver, but it conflicts with the nvidia-glx-new proprietary driver. Since vesafb works well with nvidia video cards, that's the suggested choice to use. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Changing my previous comment, for my nvidia card the nvidiafb driver is not needed, a wrong testing procedure made me think that. Vesafb is more than enough as Jean has noted. So the suggestions by NeverMind, satkata and Absorbed are basically the same and worked as is for me without needing additional modules for my nvidia card. Maybe other cards require other modules instead of the vesafb, maybe that is the reason why it is not working for evryone. If this is the case this links can be useful to find which fb module needs each card: http://www.linux-fbdev.org/ http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Framebuffer-HOWTO.html -- 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
Re: [Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
On 10/21/07, Salva Ferrer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Changing my previous comment, for my nvidia card the nvidiafb driver is not needed, a wrong testing procedure made me think that. Vesafb is more than enough as Jean has noted. My card (GeForcde 7300 LE) was not working with vesafb and it is working with nvidiafb, -- 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
Re: [Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I had the same problem with no tty's, all I did to fix it was reinstall gutsy and restore my packages with aptoncd and my /home partition took 20 minutes to fix this problem that way -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
1.) I edited my /etc/initramfs-tools to look like: fbcon vsafb vga16fb 2.) I changed /etc/modprobe.d blacklist vesafb - #blacklist vesafb blacklist vga16fb - #blacklist vga16fb 3.) sudo update-initramfs -u I have an Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS, and this worked for me. Try enabling vga16fb if no other method works, as is the case with my computer. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I'm sorry, but the vsafb is supposed to be vesafb. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
My kernel is 2.6.22-14-386 , I tried removing vesafb from blacklisted modules and modprobe it / added it to initramfs modules , but this problem still persist. When I modprobe vesafb and fbcon, tty[1-6] gives black screen, When I boot my system without vesafb, It gives only flashing _. It's very annoying. Someone from Ubuntu Team can solve this ? Life is too hard without my sweet tty consoles :) P.S : Sorry for my English :) -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
Try removing vga16fb from the blacklist, and adding it along with vesafb and fbcon to the initramfs modules. -- 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
[Bug 129910] Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy
I've followed recommendations exactly, and variations thereof, with both Matrox and Intel chips. In no case has lsmod ever shown vesafb as having been loaded by the time init completes. Only when I modprobe vesafb manually do I get working framebuffer consoles. -- 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
