Ricardisimo: Updating to grub2 was a one-time fix for me when I tried it a couple months ago. After a second try, ubuntu once again was failing to boot. However, with the Lucid release this issue seems to had some more attention from other people new to ubuntu installing it, and coincidentally I found a fix. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1461029&page=2 Instructions reposted here:
To get into Ubuntu in the first place without using a LiveCD: 1. When you see the purple box with the little keyboard and person, hit a key to enter options. 2. Choose your language. 3. Verify you have chosen "Try Ubuntu without any changes." 4. Press F6. 5. Press Esc to get out of the menu that pops up. 6. Go to the end of the commandline (with arrow keys if necessary) and type: "i915.modeset=1" (no quotes). 7. Hit Enter and pray hard. If you receive an error message at this point that says "Ubuntu is running in low graphics mode." Click OK, and then choose to "Troubleshoot the error". Then choose to "Edit the configuration file". Change "vesa" to "intel" and click ok. Then I "closed", "cancelled" and the hit "Restart X". To fix Grub and permanently remove this error: Now you need to edit your GRUB config to make that change permanent. To edit your GRUB config, open terminal and type this command: sudo gedit /etc/default/grub Add "i915.modeset=1" to this line and save: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.modeset=1" Update GRUB in terminal by this command: sudo update-grub Reboot. -- Ubuntu fails to load after white logo splash screen. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483451 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
