Can't switch to console mode when booting from grub2
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
In Karmic, I can no longer get a console screen with CTRL-ALT-Fx, eg CTRL-ALT-F1. The screen changes mode to a black screen filled with random coloured pixels and (on some consoles) a flashing single-pixel cursor midway across the screen (pressing ENTER changes the screen somewhat, so it seems to be a screen resolution problem).
It used to work until quite recently in Karmic and it works in Jaunty with the same nvidia drivers.
This looks similar to bug #129910. modprobing the modules suggested there (eg vesafb) doesn't help, though.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 10 11:49:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1530
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu2
libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
xserver-
xserver-
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 11/19/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A12
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.
dmi.product.name: XPS M1530
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
distro: Ubuntu
architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.31-13-generic
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) |
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → nvidia-graphics-drivers-180 (Ubuntu) |
Hi,
I have the same problem. But I do not use the nvidia driver. The problem is new.
-Version-
Kernel : Linux 2.6.31-13-generic (x86_64)
Compiled : #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 9 17:41:46 UTC 2009
C Library : GNU C Library version 2.10.1 (stable)
Default C Compiler : GNU C Compiler version 4.4.1 (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu7)
Distribution : Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
-Current Session-
Desktop Environment : GNOME 2.28.0
-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: M92 LP [Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi bus_master cap_list rom
configuration : driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
resources: irq:30 memory: d0000000- dfffffff( prefetchable) ioport: 2000(size= 256) memory: cfef0000- cfefffff
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0