** Description changed: Binary package hint: grub - Booting my Samsung NC10 fails. After an ugly splash screen there's only - a black screen. Changing to a terminal is not possible and trying this - with the help of SysRq short cuts ends in a terminals without a shell. - Shutting down is only possible by pressing the power key (short press - for ACPI shutdown). + Booting my Samsung NC10 fails. After an ugly (low resolution) splash + screen there's only a black screen. Changing to a terminal is not + possible and trying this with the help of SysRq short cuts ends in a + terminals without a shell. Shutting down is only possible by pressing + the power key (short press for ACPI shutdown). If I edit the GRUB entry before booting and delete the line "set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode" booting is successful. My grub.cfg contains exactly that line (I'll attach it). I guess "$linux_gfx_mode" is a variable that should be recplaced by its value but that didn't happen for some reason. So it seems to be a GRUB or update-grub problem.
** Description changed: Binary package hint: grub Booting my Samsung NC10 fails. After an ugly (low resolution) splash screen there's only a black screen. Changing to a terminal is not possible and trying this with the help of SysRq short cuts ends in a terminals without a shell. Shutting down is only possible by pressing the power key (short press for ACPI shutdown). If I edit the GRUB entry before booting and delete the line "set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode" booting is successful. My grub.cfg contains exactly that line (I'll attach it). I guess "$linux_gfx_mode" is a variable that should be recplaced by its value but that didn't happen for some reason. So it seems to be a GRUB or update-grub problem. + + This was a "clean" new installation after Kubuntu alpha 1 was released. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685611 Title: [Natty] Booting fails because of GRUB setting "set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode" -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
