I am also affected by this issue. Using Karmic Alpha 5 - 32 bits (Ver. 12 September/09) in a HP Pavilion dv2872la laptop.
Once I click in the restart/shutdown option in Gnome, the screen flickers momentarily with the text content of the console shown with CRTL + ALT + F8, and then, the Ubuntu usplash screen appears.
I am also affected by this issue. Using Karmic Alpha 5 - 32 bits (Ver. 12 September/09) in a HP Pavilion dv2872la laptop.
Once I click in the restart/shutdown option in Gnome, the screen flickers momentarily with the text content of the console shown with CRTL + ALT + F8, and then, the Ubuntu usplash screen appears.