I can confirm the last post (#23) - it doesn't solve the problem.
My setup: Freshly installed Karmic, fully updated (28 Nov 2009) usplash 0.5.49 nVidia GeForce Go 6800 NVIDIA Driver Version: 185.18.36
Editing grub by removing "quiet splash", then update-grub2 still yields a black screen after pressing CTRL+ALT+F1.
I can confirm the last post (#23) - it doesn't solve the problem.
My setup:
Freshly installed Karmic, fully updated (28 Nov 2009)
usplash 0.5.49
nVidia GeForce Go 6800
NVIDIA Driver Version: 185.18.36
Editing grub by removing "quiet splash", then update-grub2 still yields a black screen after pressing CTRL+ALT+F1.