When disabling vesafb by adding “vesafb.sucks=1” to the kernel command line the system boots correctly. This appears to be a vesafb/nouveau kernel module interaction bug.
Moving to the kernel, where I presume Andy will scream at it for a while. ** Package changed: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu) ** Tags added: kernel-handoff-graphics -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/713379 Title: Blank screen during boot with nouveau, stripes when X starts -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
