Ubuntu
initramfs-tools package

  1. Bug #129910
  2. Comment #99

Comment 99 for bug 129910

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Ian MacGregor (ardchoille42) wrote : Re: tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy

ardchoille here again. AMD Sempron 2800+ running Kubuntu7.10 with nvidia drivers installed for my GeForce 6200 card. uname -a returns:

Linux localhost 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

I tried this:

sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer
changed the line "blacklist vesafb" to "# blacklist vesafb"
changed the line "blacklist nvidiafb" to "# blacklist nvidiafb"
sudo vim /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and added fbcon and vesafb
sudo modprobe nvidiafb
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all

Now I see the bootup sequence (which I didn't see before) but, as soon as kdm starts, tty's 1-6 are black screens.
So, this fix didn't work for me.