I updated the BIOS to F.07 and it doesn't change anything. In other words, I've commented out these two options in /etc/default/grub :
# GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600 # GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text and after sudo update-grub the boot process shows the same issue as described in the Bug description. Here is the output of the dmidecode command: $ sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date [sudo] password for andl: 68MVU Ver. F.07 03/18/2008 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1173941 Title: [HP 530 Notebook PC] Ubuntu 13.04 doesn't start/ show login screen/ after intallation or upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1173941/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
