I can confirm, any vga= settings in the boot params in menu.1st will black screen the consoles.
The above fix didn't work
uname -r 2.6.22-14-generic
lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
I can confirm, any vga= settings in the boot params in menu.1st will black screen the consoles.
The above fix didn't work
uname -r
2.6.22-14-generic
lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)