I was having the same issue with the black screen Dell that has a ati x1400 video card and widescreen lcd (1440x900) and was able to fix the problem using the steps below.
1) Change the resolution in /etc/usplash.conf to 1024x768 2) Add vga=791 to the kernel line in /etc/boot/menu.lst 3) sudo update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r` I found the fix at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usplash/+bug/63558 -- Black screen, and bad usplash.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/150930 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
