Comment 41 for bug 1437386

Christopher:

I still owe the filing of a bug via 'ubuntu-bug linux'. However, there seem to be at least two possilbly related other bugs:
1) the blacking out of the screen while starting the live cd: *patience* seems the "solution" at this moment in time (as detailed below);
2) a system crash shutting down from the live cd;
3) system freeze when trying to detect screens via System Settings > Displays > Detect Displays.

For the present bug, i.e. booting with the 14.04.02 amd64 LTS image (from February 18 (?)), I could observe the following (written here mainly for the sake of owners of a Lenovo w541). After booting with the live cd 14.04.2 LTS amd64 and choosing to try ubuntu, the screen shows ubuntu and the four dots in red and white progressing, then, later, the screen goes blank, then the mouse coursor appears, the screen goes blank again, and finally the system is up and running and one can go through the installation process (which I've completed successfully twice). manadi, Arno or Salvatore, can you confirm?