no tty login prompts, ctrl-alt-f* fails

[Gerben]

Whent installing 64 bit server 13.04 I noticed I could not log on to the server directly. Booting the system ends in the server displaying boot messages, but no login: prompt. None of the other tty screens seem available.

The system seems to fail any of the tty[1-6] screens and/or does not open a login service on them.

shown in 13.04 right after install and after updates.

I could access the system since I've installed openssh server.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: login 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-21.32-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri May 17 22:03:10 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-17 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: shadow
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[sublime (sublime)]

I had a similar issue. My fix was:
sed -i -e 's/#GRUB_TERMINAL/GRUB_TERMINAL/g' /etc/default/grub
update-grub

Taken from:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/162535/why-does-switching-to-the-tty-give-me-a-blank-screen