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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 package

  1. Bug #220951
  2. Comment #9

Comment 9 for bug 220951

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tc7 (tc7) wrote :

I can confirm this issue on two machines running Jaunty Jackalope:

1) amd64 laptop: MSI gx620 [NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512 MB] (lspci -vvnn attached), and
2) i386 desktop: GIGABYTE 8600GTS 512MB silent pipe

I first noticed the issue on Hardy or Intrepid i386 on the desktop. Removing the NVIDIA driver fixes the problem. I have not had success removing quiet/splash from menu.lst.

When I press: CTRL-ALT-F1 the screen goes blank.
When I press: Alt-F7 my gnome desktop returns.

I'm just waiting for a situation where this causes real grief (has not occurred yet thankfully!).