I no longer have that computer. I believe it had something to do with the bios of that specific motherboard. I've put Ubuntu on dozens of computers and that was the only one I had problems with.
A year or two ago, I ran across a post from someone that had the same MB and the same problem. Thanks for the reply. On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Phillip Susi <[email protected]> wrote: > This doesn't appear to have anything to do with grub since you get past > grub. Karmic has reached end of life, is this still happening on a > supported release? > > > ** Package changed: grub2 (Ubuntu) => ubuntu > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531745 > > Title: > [Karmic] grub2 wont boot 'quietly.' > > Status in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: grub2 > > On a fresh install of Karmic, I was able to reboot several times with > out a problem. Once the computer is shut down, it wont boot up again. > It starts booting, then hangs on a black screen. It can be booted from > a live CD (boot from 1st HD) or by booting into the live CD then > rebooting and taking the CD out of the tray during the reboot. > > If I enable the menu in the /etc/default/grub file, it still wont boot > to desktop, but it will boot into recovery mode if selected. > > I changed: > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" > to: > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash" > in the /etc/default/grub file and everything boots fine, just not > quietly. Every time I try to use 'quiet' it hangs on a black screen. > > I do have kernel, sys and message logs from a successful verbose boot, > an unsuccessful quiet boot and a successful boot from a live CD if > that will help. > > I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 [Karmic], (GNU GRUB 1.97~beta4). > All software packages are up to date. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/531745/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531745 Title: [Karmic] grub2 wont boot 'quietly.' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/531745/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
