In the current kernel this seems to be solved (although the spalsh screen does'nt seem to have full resolution).
In case you still need the information I've collected it via apport. Else I guess this bug can be marked as fixed. Thanks for taking some time to help! -- 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