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initramfs-tools package

  1. Bug #129910
  2. Comment #160

Comment 160 for bug 129910

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schnollk (schnollk) wrote : Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

Bug confirmed on fresh 7.10 final installation

$ uname -sr
Linux 2.6.22-14-generic
$ lspci | grep 'VGA'
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)

but can neither confirme John Yate's fix nor loading it manually.

Black ttys untill gdm comes up on tty7.
~$ lsmod | grep fbcon
~$
~$ sudo modprobe fbcon
~$ lsmod | grep fbcon
fbcon 41760 0
tileblit 3584 1 fbcon
font 9344 1 fbcon
bitblit 6912 1 fbcon

still no change. kernel boot options in menu.lst:
root=UUID=... ro splash vga=791

Only work around is removing vga= option gives back ttys as desired. But vga= is needed to show usplash from right after grub passes control.

Note: Had issues with initramfs not showing usplash (see Bug #157620). Solutions involves update-usplash-theme (i.e. update-initramfs) if that helps.