Kernel 2.6.32-17-generic shows the same symptom as described by Robert Moerland and gokul. This is probably a kernel problem as this also occurs on a commandline-only installation. Steve Langasek is right that this doesn't have to do with Plymouth. Removing that merely adds errors to the boot messages. However, this definately has to do with this particular chip:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. KM400/KN400/P4M800 [S3 UniChrome] (rev 01) I swap this chip (by inserting a graphics add-on board, this disables the integrated S3 chip) and Ubuntu boots. Take the working chip out and the system hangs again, every time. This is all that's shown: [screen full of kernel messages, mostly related to the hard drive] Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... Done. Done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... Done. fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17 /dev/sdb1: clean, 44079/19365888 files, 49698348/77437308 blocks (check after next mount) That last line varies. ** Attachment added: "lspci.out" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/41506444/lspci.out -- VIA KM400: Black screen after boot, no text console possible https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/518623 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
