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grub-gfxpayload-lists package

  1. Bug #975931
  2. Comment #20

Comment 20 for bug 975931

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote : Re: [Bug 975931] Re: purple screen freeze with AMD 6850

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 07:52:44PM -0000, Eduard wrote:
> The display freezes on a shade of purple lighter than the Ubuntu logo
> one. Pressing CTRL+ALT+F2 to drop to a terminal makes the screen go
> completely black.

This indicates VT switching and video mode switching is working correctly in
the kernel. After Ctrl+Alt+F2, does Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+F7 bring up the
boot splash?

> Yes, it still freezes with only the vt.handoff=7 option removed.

Ok.

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