As mentioned on the duplicate I just filed: adding "blacklist viafb" and "blacklist vga16fb" to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf makes things work here.
Karmic's kernel (2.6.31-20-generic) also works, but that is because viafb is not loaded there by default, not because viafb works. If I stop gdm and "sudo modprobe viafb" the panel turns off (I'm assuming this is the exact same bug triggering). There are some changes in the current upstream kernel's viafb. It's possible those help, but I have not gotten around to trying yet. Would it make sense to blacklist viafb for now, at least on this chipset? Fixing this is a bit of a hassle because neither X nor the console work with this bug present. -- [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
