Hi, Colin, the problem is already solved for me. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/683775/comments/29
Thank you. Anton On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 8:30 PM, Colin Watson <[email protected]>wrote: > Anton, if you're getting to the point of seeing "safe graphics mode", > then you have a different bug. This bug is about not even being able to > see the boot menu. (In any case, the GRUB menu does not include > anything called "safe graphics mode", so I guess you must be talking > about a live CD or a USB stick or something.) > > PeterPall, could you try version 1.99~20101221-1ubuntu1? That fixes a > subtle memory corruption problem (bug 686705) which would have happened > before the boot menu was displayed. It's possible that this might have > been your problem. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685445 > > Title: > grub2 sometimes fails to boot > > Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: grub-pc > > Not a big deal for me, but I thought I should report this nonetheless: > > If the following line is commented out in /etc/default/grub: > #GRUB_TERMINAL=console > my system rarely (Tried to start the system 30 of which it happened 3 > times) hangs prior to loading the kernel. Note that around the begining of > December 2010 there was a kernel bug as well that could lead to a black > screen *after* the kernel was loaded (Bug #683775). To make sure the kernel > really doesn't load I repeated this test starting my computer (A acer aspire > an A110L) with the shift key pressed. About every tenth time the computer > hung instead of displaying a boot menu. Sometimes the screen stays blank > except of a blinking cursor, sometimes it just stays blank (but the > backlight is on) - and one time the display faded in a way that seems to > indicate that the LCD matrix is no more accessed by the graphics card. > > Since this behavior and Bug #683775 seem to have occoured at roughly the > same time they might be somehow related. But since one is a kernel bug and > the other occours prior to loading the kernel chances might be low. > > My graphics card identifies itselves as follows: > *-display:0 > description: VGA compatible controller > product: Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller > vendor: Intel Corporation > physical id: 2 > bus info: p...@0000:00:02.0 > version: 03 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom > configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 > resources: irq:16 memory:78480000-784fffff ioport:60c0(size=8) > memory:60000000-6fffffff memory:78500000-7853ffff > *-display:1 UNCLAIMED > description: Display controller > product: Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated > Graphics Controller > vendor: Intel Corporation > physical id: 2.1 > bus info: p...@0000:00:02.1 > version: 03 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list > configuration: latency=0 > resources: memory:78400000-7847ffff > > Kind regards, > > Gunter. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 > Package: grub-pc 1.99~20101126-1ubuntu3 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-8.20~blankdebug2v201012031740-generic > 2.6.37-rc4 > Uname: Linux 2.6.37-8-generic i686 > Architecture: i386 > Date: Sun Dec 5 11:05:44 2010 > EcryptfsInUse: Yes > ProcEnviron: > PATH=(custom, no user) > LANG=en_GB.utf8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: grub2 > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/685445/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/685445 Title: grub2 sometimes fails to boot -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
