Black screen blinking white cursor after installing Ubuntu 10.10

[Ryan Turner]

I had 10.04 64-bit running fine on my machine for a couple months. 10.10 came out and I decided to upgrade to the 64-bit version. When I restarted my computer after the installation, I got stuck at a black screen with a blinking white cursor. I tried reinstalling with a usb stick, had the same problem. Is it a graphics driver issue perhaps? I'm running at ATI Radeon 5750. Also note that I had this problem when I installed 10.04 for the first time as well. The way I fixed it then was by running some terminal commands in the live CD boot. I tried doing that, but found I couldn't even load my live CD anymore. Does anyone know what's going on here?

[Book 'em Dano (heymrdjd)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. First try the instructions here: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ubuntu-10-04-lts-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup.html. Then when you can login into your computer, could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' and from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs to this bug report as separate attachments? Thanks in advance.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in xserver-xorg.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

We'd like to figure out what's causing this bug for you, but we haven't heard back from you in a while. Could you please provide the requested information? Thanks!

[Tom Owen (tomowen84)]

Hey there, I had a similar problem.

I installed Ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition in a partition on a Acer Aspire. I did this using a USB. After install I reset the BIOS boot queue to its original settings. Every time I boot the netbook with any mass storage device plugged in to USB (flashdrive, ipod, 'phone) I get the black screen with cursor (it boots ok with a mouse). If I pull out USB devices, it begins to boot as normal.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

@Tom Owen: I would suggest filing a new bug report for your issue, using

ubuntu-bug xorg

in a terminal. This will automatically supply the logs and information needed for your particular hardware. Thanks in advance.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

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!