This is a blade server install and getting enough packages installed to run apport-collect is difficult. I've attached the results of running dmesg when I see the error (dmesg-bad.out) and when I don't see the error (dmesg-good.out).
While doing this I discovered the REAL cause of the problem, it's not the splash setting, at least not directly. The real problem is the "vt.handoff=7" option which gets added to the kernel command line. This is only added if splash is part of the settings (at least insofar as my experiments go). When that value is present, then the IPMI console viewer breaks. If I leave splash in the command line but edit the grub.cfg file directly to remove the vt.handoff=7 setting then reboot, the IPMI console viewer works again. ** Attachment added: "dmesg output for "bad" boot" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1593261/+attachment/4685027/+files/dmesg-bad.out -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1593261 Title: Using "splash" Linux boot option causes IPMI console view to blank To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1593261/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
