I had been running ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop, and I wanted to get a more recent version. Due to limited RAM, I selected Xubuntu 11.10 rather then the mainstream Ubuntu distro.
After a successful install, I booted up and hit ctrl-alt-F1, and got a black screen. This is the same situation for tty1 through tty6.
From the virtual terminal, I verified that getty was running for all the terminals from 1 to 6.
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$ ps waux | grep getty
root 943 0.0 0.1 1968 220 tty4 Ss+ 21:50 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty4
root 946 0.0 0.1 1968 216 tty5 Ss+ 21:50 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty5
root 955 0.0 0.1 1968 220 tty2 Ss+ 21:50 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2
root 956 0.0 0.1 1968 220 tty3 Ss+ 21:50 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty3
root 958 0.0 0.1 1968 220 tty6 Ss+ 21:50 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty6
root 2220 0.0 0.1 1968 220 tty1 Ss+ 22:19 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
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I then wanted to find out if it was possible to log in with the black screen. I pressed ctrl-alt-F1 and in the darkness of the screen I typed my username, hit enter, password, enter. The login was successful after a few tries, as I could see the new information in the virtual terminal. Note that the virtual terminal did not show itself(pts/0), and the listing for 'who' was empty until I logged-in on tty1.
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$ who
$ who
$ who
ajhcasual tty1 2012-04-19 23:20
$
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So, the problem is not the software running on tty1, but it is the failure to display the text. It may be a bug relating to the hardware.
My hardware is:
Acer Aspire 3500
Intel Celeron M 1.4 GHz
256MB RAM
The tty1 screen worked fine in Ubuntu 9.04. I can't test Ubuntu 11.10 as the RAM shortage prevents it from booting properly.
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AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
AplayDevices:
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SI7012 [SiS SI7012], device 0: Intel ICH [SiS SI7012]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: adam 1469 F.... xfce4-volumed
adam 1472 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'SI7012'/'SiS SI7012 with ALC203 at irq 18'
Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC203 rev 0'
Components : 'AC97a:414c4770'
Controls : 31
Simple ctrls : 20
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=8c71603a-ce4f-4748-9d24-dde9f0d83171
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
Lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Acer, inc. Aspire 3500
Package: linux (not installed)
PccardctlIdent:
Socket 0:
no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
Socket 0:
no card
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=356456b9-2868-477c-86cf-a209914fa130 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
PulseSinks:
Error: command ['pacmd', 'list-sinks'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory /home/adam not ours.
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
PulseSources:
Error: command ['pacmd', 'list-sources'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory /home/adam not ours.
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-12-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.60
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
Tags: oneiric
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:
WifiSyslog:
dmi.bios.date: 04/06/05
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: 3A07
dmi.board.name: Lugano
dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc.
dmi.board.version: Not Applicable
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: , Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvr3A07:bd04/06/05:svnAcer,inc.:pnAspire3500:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnLugano:rvrNotApplicable:cvn,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Aspire 3500
dmi.product.version: Not Applicable
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc.
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