The workaround for this bug is to remove the splash kernel argument from your /boot/grub/menu.lst file, and then reboot.
For example you should look for the kernel section you boot with, in my case it looks like this... title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic quiet savedefault boot ... and then remove "splash" from the kernel line so the section looks like so... title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic quiet savedefault boot ...Now when you boot the slash screen will be gone, but you'll be able to get at your virtual terminals. Hope this is helpful. -- tty displays garbage rather than login https://launchpad.net/bugs/68722 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
