gutsy 64bit no image booting geforce 8500gt

[tenshimsm]

When using the gutsy live cd there is no ubuntu splash shown during the boot process. I have the same problem with Feisty i386 and 64bit.

root@ubuntu:/media# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 75
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 2211.374
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy
bogomips : 4425.36
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc

processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 75
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 2211.374
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy
bogomips : 4425.33
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc

root@ubuntu:/media# lspci -vn
00:00.0 0580: 10de:005e (rev a3)
        Subsystem: 1043:815a
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [44] HyperTransport: Slave or Primary Interface
        Capabilities: [e0] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping

00:01.0 0601: 10de:0050 (rev f3)
        Subsystem: 1043:815a
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0

00:01.1 0c05: 10de:0052 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: 1043:815a
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 3
        I/O ports at fc00 [size=32]
        I/O ports at 4c00 [size=64]
        I/O ports at 4c40 [size=64]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.0 0c03: 10de:005a (rev a2) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: 1043:815a
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
        Memory at fe02f000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:02.1 0c03: 10de:005b (rev a3) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: 1043:815a
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
        Memory at feb00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [44] Debug port
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:04.0 0401: 10de:0059 (rev a2)
        Subsystem: 1043:822c
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 22
        I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
        I/O ports at ec00 [size=256]
        Memory at fe02d000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:06.0 0101: 10de:0053 (rev f2) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: 1043:815a
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
        I/O ports at e800 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:07.0 0101: 10de:0054 (rev f3) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
        Subsystem: 1043:815a
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
        I/O ports at 09f0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0bf0 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 0970 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0b70 [size=4]
        I/O ports at d400 [size=16]
        Memory at fe02c000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:08.0 0101: 10de:0055 (rev f3) (prog-if 85 [Master SecO PriO])
        Subsystem: 1043:815a
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
        I/O ports at 09e0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0be0 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 0960 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 0b60 [size=4]
        I/O ports at c000 [size=16]
        Memory at fe02b000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:09.0 0604: 10de:005c (rev f2) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=128

00:0a.0 0680: 10de:0057 (rev f3)
        Subsystem: 1043:812a
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
        Memory at fe02a000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        I/O ports at bc00 [size=8]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:0b.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev f3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [48] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
        Capabilities: [58] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping
        Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0

00:0c.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev f3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [48] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
        Capabilities: [58] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping
        Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0

00:0d.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev f3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [48] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
        Capabilities: [58] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping
        Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0

00:0e.0 0604: 10de:005d (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
        Memory behind bridge: fa000000-fdffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d0000000-00000000dfffffff
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [48] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable+
        Capabilities: [58] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping
        Capabilities: [80] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0

00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [80] HyperTransport: Host or Secondary Interface

00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [f0] #0f [0010]

05:00.0 0300: 10de:0421 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: 1682:2305
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
        Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
        I/O ports at ac00 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at fdfe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint IRQ 0

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!