screen is black during boot time

[Luka Napotnik]

Binary package hint: usplash

When I boot into Ubuntu from the grub menu, the screen gets black. When the system seems to be fully loaded, the gdm login doesn't appear nor can I switch to TTY because the screen is still black.
I fix this problem by removing the "splash" argument in grub and then boot. The splash logo doesn't appear but the sceen is working normally and I can login from GDM.

This wasn't an issue in Hardy. It started when I upgraded to Intrepid. I have the intel gma x3100 integrated graphics chip.

[Gergely Antal (skoal)]

I can confirm this bug,with HP Compaq 8710w laptop NV Quadro FX 1600M

[Willem Ligtenberg (wligtenberg)]

I can also confirm this in a VM that I upgraded.
However when I remove the splash boot option, the screen starts flickering when it is trying to get into GDM.
Attached screenshot of the text that is displayed between the flickering.

[Willem Ligtenberg (wligtenberg)]

Apperently my problem is created by kvm so my report is actually a duplicate of:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/+source/kvm/+bug/251480
I don't know about Luka Napotnik's bug report.

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

The usplash package has been superseded by plymouth and has been removed from the Ubuntu archive. Closing all related bugs.