It's likely that we are failing to set the vesa framebuffer mode--- perhaps a buggy video BIOS or selecting a non-existent mode. Can you try booting with some alternative 'vga=' kernel parameters.
-- Dell 170Ls do not show a "thermometer bar" screen during start-up or shut-down procedure https://launchpad.net/bugs/99050 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
