Black screen / No display on boot

[Mitchell]

Binary package hint: xorg

Hi, I'm running an up to date Natty Alpha build on an Asus eeepc 901 with an atom processor. While not constant (i.e., sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't), I'm finding the computer boots with a black screen. I can still hear the sounds of the operating system, can still press the keys and get a response (usually a sound cue), however I can't see anything. Seems to happen four out of 7 times when I boot, and I have to do a hard reset.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+6ubuntu3b1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-7.19-generic 2.6.37-rc3
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
DRM.card0.LVDS.1:
 status: connected
 enabled: enabled
 dpms: On
 modes: 1024x600
 edid-base64: AP///////wAGryAQAAAAAAESAQOAEwt4CvpWklZUmCQaT1QAAAABAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBsBMAQEFYGSAYiAMBw3EAAAAYAAAADwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAA/gBBVU8KICAgICAgICAgAAAA/gBBMDg5U1cwMSBWMCAKABk=
DRM.card0.VGA.1:
 status: disconnected
 enabled: disabled
 dpms: Off
 modes:
 edid-base64:
Date: Fri Dec 3 20:52:30 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101202)
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 901
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37-7-generic root=UUID=a571db8e-0c0d-4f71-bb44-d6a085b71ada ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2103
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 901
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: x.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
dmi.chassis.version: x.x
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2103:bd06/11/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn901:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn901:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x:
dmi.product.name: 901
dmi.product.version: x.x
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: natty
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.37-7-generic

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Almost certainly more likely to be a kernel issue, perhaps dupe of bug #683775. Try the fix Andy posted to that bug and see if it resolves it for you. If it does, this bug report should be duped to that one.