Best results I got so far: - used startupmanager to set resolution to 1280x1024 (could do this manually, but wanted to try this way); - manually removed vga=794 setting from boot parameters in /boot/grub/menu.lst; - no changes to the default modules list or blacklists.
I now have a proper startup and shutdown screen with progress bar (and with text if I select that option in startupmanager). tty1-6 have the proper font, but an incorrect resolution (probably 640x480, it's 80x30 characters). I think I will leave it like this, until the Ubuntu guys come up with a real solution. Loading modules fbcon and vesafb lead to a bunch of green blocks on a black and unresponsive tty1. Loading modules fbcon and vga16fb lead to a low resolution tty1, with an ugly font, and a fucked up shutdown screen, also at 640x480, with colors so bad that you can hardly see what's there. In the mean time I have seen some very strange things happening, like the X screen getting blank while loading the desktop. The monitor power light starts blinking. After pressing a key or moving the mouse the screen returns (and the monitor shows "digital" for a few seconds, so there really was no signal). -- tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
