Ubuntu Server12.04 freezes after grub menu

[James Seiters]

I have encountered an issue after installing Ubuntu Server 12.04 i386 on an older computer with Biostar mainboard. I believe the problem is realated to the on board graphics which is the S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]. After successfuly installing the operating system and rebooting the computer, the computer freezes with a blank screen right after displaying the grub boot menu. Rebooting the computer and pressing the 'e' key allows me to remove the gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode entry form the options list, this allows the comouter to boot with the 640x480 resolution. There is no dmesg or syslog entries that record the first attempted booting at all.

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS version 12.04

[James Seiters (cichlasoma)]

After some testing it appears to be hardware related as I have experienced some unusual behavior. After changing the /etc/default/grub file by uncommenting the GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024 and adding the line set gfxpayload=keep to the /etc/grub.d/00_header file the computer booted with the set resolution. But only once did it boot, I can not get this behavior to repeat and freqeuntly have trouble when booting from the installation CD to enter the rescue mode. As a work around I have returned all the grub files to the original states and uncommented the GRUB_TERMINAL=console line. This will allow the computer to boot.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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