Unable to Install Ubuntu 8.10 32bit Black Screen

[KOR]

I got an msi VR630-Q6026VHP Notebook and I'm unable to install ubuntu 8.10 The Ubuntu Logo appears after saying install Ubuntu the thing under it scrolls a couple time back and forth then it starts from the left after about an eights the screen goes black and nothing happens. I tried the following boot options with no effect:
pc=nomsi
all_generic_ide
floppy=off
irqpoll

CPU: AMD DUAL Core QL60
HDD SATA 160GB
Memory 2GB
Grafics: nvidea
There seem to be other Users having problems with the msi VR630 notebook
I tried only the 32bit version cause people said this one has less isues.
please help

[Tom (tom6)]

Hmm, have you tried other distros? Does Xubuntu work?

[Tom (tom6)]

Errr, good luck with this btw & happy christmas :)

[KOR (kevin-bethke)]

Xubuntu behaves exaktly the same!
Guys plz help or I have to go back to the fangs of Micro$oft

[Ecker Sandor (esanya)]

Hi!

I have tried the ubuntu 9.04 daily live cd jaunty-desktop-amd64.iso from today (2009.01.09) on my msi vr630. If I try to boot without splash and quiet the installation process stops after the attached screenshot, and the screen turns to black, cd spinns down, keyboard not anymore (no ctrl-alt-del, alt-f1, alt-fn...).

The screen shot is attached.

Regards,
Sandor

[Tom (tom6)]

Which linux kernel is being used?
Does one earlier than the 2.6.24 have the same trouble?

Do you hava sata devices (sata hard-drives connected (ie, is this a re-emergence of an old problem))

Good luck in resolving this
Regards from
Tom

[Ecker Sandor (esanya)]

I have just checked the ubuntu 9.04 alpha 3. I breaks also with the black screen at the same point as before...

It is interesting that the elive distribution (debian based) works fine...

The dmesg from elive is attached.

Difference is that elive reports:

[ 11.059865] ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
[ 11.061927] AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, AR5416, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, R
F2133, RF2425, RF2417)

This seems to be more that what ubunto does...

Elive also reports:

ath_pci: wifi0: Atheros 5424/2424: mem=0xfe9f0000, irq=18

[Ecker Sandor (esanya)]

The last visible screen is attached from ubuntu 9.04 alpha3.

The ath_hal shows only 7 chips, this is 11 in elive...

[[e-mail] (j.scott.gwin)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. 9.04 Alpha 6 was just released. Have you tried it yet? Please let us know if it solves the problem.

Thanks again.

[Ecker Sandor (esanya)]

With 9.04 Alpha6 the installation is OK on my msi vr630.-042 There is no problem with initramfs, black screen... There is no need to do any tricks...

I have installed the nvidia driver, and it is running... Sometimes the OS or X freezes down, but this is an other problem.

And there is an other problem: after installing the nvidia driver, I can't see the console logins...

[Vish (vish)]

Thanks for following up. This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an upgrade.