Activity log for bug #67487

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2006-10-22 02:16:51 Quash bug added bug
2006-10-23 02:28:41 Quash description Failure in installing 6.10 RC on boot. x386 CD boots and goes along without issue. Gets to the GDM Login screen (I'm assuming this is what it is going to when you go in the first time via the CD/Live CD) and the screen goes blank/black. I can still use my keyboard and hear stuff in the background. Just can't see anything, any longer. This occurs on the regular boot in and the 2nd graphics option. I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. Failure in installing 6.10 RC on boot. x386 CD boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. Gets to the GDM Login screen (actually, it probably just goes straight in to the Live Desktop) and the screen goes blank/black, after the standard white cursor flash for a few moments. IThis occurs on the regular boot in and the Safe Graphics mode option. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. I've also tested this on a standard Acer 54e monitor that typically works with everything.
2006-10-23 02:28:41 Quash title Install 6:10 RC Failure: Black screen at GDM Login Install 6:10 RC Failure: Black screen at Live Desktop Stage
2006-10-23 02:34:18 Quash description Failure in installing 6.10 RC on boot. x386 CD boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. Gets to the GDM Login screen (actually, it probably just goes straight in to the Live Desktop) and the screen goes blank/black, after the standard white cursor flash for a few moments. IThis occurs on the regular boot in and the Safe Graphics mode option. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. I've also tested this on a standard Acer 54e monitor that typically works with everything. Problem: Failure in installing 6.10 RC on boot. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, the goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. I've also tested this on a standard Acer 54e monitor that typically works with everything.
2006-10-23 02:55:48 Quash description Problem: Failure in installing 6.10 RC on boot. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, the goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. I've also tested this on a standard Acer 54e monitor that typically works with everything. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10 RC on boot. Result: Screen Goes Black. Must power off to get out. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, the goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. I've also tested this on a standard Acer 54e monitor that typically works with everything.
2006-10-23 02:56:41 Quash description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10 RC on boot. Result: Screen Goes Black. Must power off to get out. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, the goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. I've also tested this on a standard Acer 54e monitor that typically works with everything. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10 RC on. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, the goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. I've also tested this on a standard Acer 54e monitor that typically works with everything.
2006-10-23 02:59:29 Quash description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10 RC on. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, the goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. I've also tested this on a standard Acer 54e monitor that typically works with everything. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10 RC on. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. I've also tested this on a standard Acer 54e monitor that typically works with everything.
2006-10-23 16:43:21 Quash description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10 RC on. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: I'm using an ATI Radeon 9200 SE card, Compaq P1100 21' monitor and AMD K8V SE Deluxe mobo, 512mb RAM. I've also tested this on a standard Acer 54e monitor that typically works with everything. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10 RC on. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM.
2006-10-23 22:36:45 Quash description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10 RC on. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10 RC. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM.
2006-10-28 02:11:36 Quash description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10 RC. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM.
2006-10-28 02:11:36 Quash title Install 6:10 RC Failure: Black screen at Live Desktop Stage Install 6:10 Failure: Black screen at Live Desktop Stage
2006-10-30 21:15:23 greg_h bug added attachment 'ubuntu_virtual_pc_live.JPG' (Screendump of 6.10 live boot under virtual PC)
2006-10-31 04:30:21 Quash description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM.
2006-11-01 19:41:09 Mark Reitblatt None: importance Undecided Critical
2006-11-01 19:41:09 Mark Reitblatt None: statusexplanation
2006-11-01 19:44:41 Mark Reitblatt None: status Unconfirmed Confirmed
2006-11-01 19:44:41 Mark Reitblatt None: importance Critical High
2006-11-01 21:12:14 Tollef Fog Heen None: statusexplanation Most likely an xorg bug. As a workaround, could you try to remove "splash" from the command line when booting the CD? (Press F5 to get an editable command line) and see if that helps?
2006-11-01 22:17:51 Slogger description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. Workaround: getting to console: OK. I tried that. (suggestion of removing splash from boot line.) GDM monitor died, but it did let me get into consoles on the other x-windows, which didn't work with splash in the line. I checked out the xorg.conf, and it set the setting under device that normally reads driver "fglrx" (for ati proprietary on my comp) said "ati". I have never seen/had a working x with "ati" listed under driver. (Is this the driver for non proprietary?) That's probably the problem. Anyhow, it seemed ot work by changing it back to a non-hardware driver. What I don't understand is why everyone I know with an Intel doesn't have this problem and everyone I know with an AMD does. Anyhow, that should allow people to work around and do a custom xorg.conf. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM.
2006-11-01 22:18:26 Slogger description Workaround: getting to console: OK. I tried that. (suggestion of removing splash from boot line.) GDM monitor died, but it did let me get into consoles on the other x-windows, which didn't work with splash in the line. I checked out the xorg.conf, and it set the setting under device that normally reads driver "fglrx" (for ati proprietary on my comp) said "ati". I have never seen/had a working x with "ati" listed under driver. (Is this the driver for non proprietary?) That's probably the problem. Anyhow, it seemed ot work by changing it back to a non-hardware driver. What I don't understand is why everyone I know with an Intel doesn't have this problem and everyone I know with an AMD does. Anyhow, that should allow people to work around and do a custom xorg.conf. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM.
2006-11-02 00:54:39 Quash description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM.
2006-11-02 01:02:47 Quash description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better.
2006-11-02 03:31:09 Slogger description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better. additional note: on ATI Radeon x700 Mobility (PCIE) Acer 4005 Ati express-200m based 1gig RAM AMD Turion 64 ML-37 2.0 ghz 32-bit edgy The recomendation of removing splash from boot command still results in crash of x/gdm at end of load, but seems to keep the console screens from crashing/dying also, enabling access to system. At this point a change in xorg.config and a gdm relaunch seems to get you working.
2006-11-02 03:33:08 Slogger description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better. additional note: on ATI Radeon x700 Mobility (PCIE) Acer 4005 Ati express-200m based 1gig RAM AMD Turion 64 ML-37 2.0 ghz 32-bit edgy The recomendation of removing splash from boot command still results in crash of x/gdm at end of load, but seems to keep the console screens from crashing/dying also, enabling access to system. At this point a change in xorg.config and a gdm relaunch seems to get you working. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better. additional note: on ATI Radeon x700 Mobility (PCIE) Acer 4005 Ati express-200m based 1gig RAM AMD Turion 64 ML-37 2.0 ghz 32-bit edgy The recomendation of removing splash from boot command still results in crash of x/gdm at end of load, but seems to keep the console screens from crashing/dying also, enabling access to system. At this point a change in xorg.config and a gdm relaunch seems to get you working. Is this a different bug with near same behaviour?
2006-11-02 03:36:25 Mark Reitblatt xorg: importance High Critical
2006-11-02 03:36:25 Mark Reitblatt xorg: statusexplanation Most likely an xorg bug. As a workaround, could you try to remove "splash" from the command line when booting the CD? (Press F5 to get an editable command line) and see if that helps? I count more than 20 different people reporting this problem, so I'm going to upgrade it to "Critical".
2006-11-02 11:09:12 Tormod Volden title Install 6:10 Failure: Black screen at Live Desktop Stage [edgy][regression][ati] Black screen and consoles
2006-11-02 11:09:55 Tormod Volden xorg: statusexplanation I count more than 20 different people reporting this problem, so I'm going to upgrade it to "Critical".
2006-11-02 15:56:42 DominikBodi xserver-xorg-video-ati: assignee ubuntu-kernel-video
2006-11-02 15:56:42 DominikBodi xserver-xorg-video-ati: statusexplanation Ok, so when booting ubuntu with splash screen, the computer freezes up. When booting it without the splashscreen, it looks like #22985 Two possible causes for this: 1. usplash doing bad things 2. kernel console framebuffer interfering with X. Judging from past personal experience utilising console framebuffers, the latter seems to be more probable. Therefore re-applied to product "kernel" and assigned to kernel video team.
2006-11-02 16:07:16 DominikBodi title [edgy][regression][ati] Black screen and consoles [edgy][regression][ati] usplash freezes system when starting X
2006-11-02 20:42:52 Christian Ribbenholt bug added attachment 'Xorg.0.log' (Xorg log from failed session)
2006-11-03 20:53:04 Quash description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better. additional note: on ATI Radeon x700 Mobility (PCIE) Acer 4005 Ati express-200m based 1gig RAM AMD Turion 64 ML-37 2.0 ghz 32-bit edgy The recomendation of removing splash from boot command still results in crash of x/gdm at end of load, but seems to keep the console screens from crashing/dying also, enabling access to system. At this point a change in xorg.config and a gdm relaunch seems to get you working. Is this a different bug with near same behaviour? Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better.
2006-11-04 05:16:27 Tormod Volden title [edgy][regression][ati] usplash freezes system when starting X [edgy][regression][rv280] black screen and full freeze when X starts
2006-11-04 05:42:26 Tormod Volden linux-meta: assignee ubuntu-kernel-video
2006-11-04 05:42:26 Tormod Volden linux-meta: statusexplanation Ok, so when booting ubuntu with splash screen, the computer freezes up. When booting it without the splashscreen, it looks like #22985 Two possible causes for this: 1. usplash doing bad things 2. kernel console framebuffer interfering with X. Judging from past personal experience utilising console framebuffers, the latter seems to be more probable. Therefore re-applied to product "kernel" and assigned to kernel video team. I updated the description - I think the reporter has made it clear that this bug happens with or without usplash. There are other bugs around for usplash trouble. Can somebody confirm that the computer is totally frozen, not just that X is locked up, for instance by ping over the network, disk drive LED activity etc? Out of the more than 20 commenters here, I think only 4-5 have the same problem as Scott and Quash: X700 and X600 going black are two other bugs. usplash breaking consoles a third one. The combination of these looks like this bug, but is not the same. This is most likely a "ati" driver bug, and should be taken from there. Problems with other cards or other drivers should be filed in separate bugs. Please only change assigned-to and affected-package if you know what you are doing. Otherwise there is less chance that the right developers see this bug.
2006-11-04 14:58:35 robepisc linux-meta: status Unconfirmed Rejected
2006-11-04 14:58:35 robepisc linux-meta: statusexplanation
2006-11-04 18:06:11 mikeputnam bug added attachment 'dmesg.out' (dmesg.out)
2006-11-04 18:06:37 mikeputnam bug added attachment 'Xorg.0.log' (Xorg.0.log)
2006-11-04 18:16:26 Christian Ribbenholt bug added attachment 'kmsg' (Output from /proc/kmsg)
2006-11-05 14:40:03 Tormod Volden title [edgy][regression][rv280] black screen and full freeze when X starts [edgy][regression][rv280] black screen and console freeze when X starts
2006-11-05 17:32:25 grkravi bug added attachment 'XP5_black_screen.tar.gz' (Volari XP5 black screen issue - xorg files)
2006-11-06 09:30:01 Tormod Volden title [edgy][regression][rv280] black screen and console freeze when X starts [edgy][regression][rv280] black screen and console freeze when X starts - drm lockup
2006-11-06 09:38:15 Tormod Volden linux-meta: status Rejected Unconfirmed
2006-11-06 09:38:15 Tormod Volden linux-meta: statusexplanation The presumed guilty drm modules are part of the linux kernel. The workaround to disable dri for these cards should be applied to the xorg configuration scripts. Depending on the number of affected cards/users (of this bug and not all the other similar things commented on here), the workaround should make it into an updated live cd if possible.
2006-11-30 16:57:42 Monika Eggers bug added attachment 'xorg.conf' (xorg.conf after commenting out dri and glx with initramfs)
2006-11-30 16:59:06 Monika Eggers bug added attachment 'Xorg.0.log' (Xorg.0.log after using break=bottom and commenting out dri and glx in xorg.conf with initramfs)
2006-12-08 11:38:20 Tormod Volden bug assigned to xserver-xorg-driver-ati (upstream)
2006-12-08 11:39:15 Tormod Volden title [edgy][regression][rv280] black screen and console freeze when X starts - drm lockup [regression][rv280] black screen and console freeze when X starts - drm lockup
2006-12-08 11:40:50 Tormod Volden description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better. Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better. Known workarounds: Disable DRI or set AGP speed to 4x in BIOS settings.
2006-12-09 02:36:57 Bug Watch Updater xserver-xorg-driver-ati: status Unknown Confirmed
2007-01-26 12:45:50 Kyle McMartin linux-source-2.6.17: status Unconfirmed Rejected
2007-01-26 12:45:50 Kyle McMartin linux-source-2.6.17: statusexplanation The presumed guilty drm modules are part of the linux kernel. The workaround to disable dri for these cards should be applied to the xorg configuration scripts. Depending on the number of affected cards/users (of this bug and not all the other similar things commented on here), the workaround should make it into an updated live cd if possible. Fix is entirely done in X driver, rejecting from linux-source-2.6.17.
2007-01-26 16:04:38 Kyle McMartin xserver-xorg-video-ati: status Confirmed Fix Released
2007-01-26 16:04:38 Kyle McMartin xserver-xorg-video-ati: statusexplanation I updated the description - I think the reporter has made it clear that this bug happens with or without usplash. There are other bugs around for usplash trouble. Can somebody confirm that the computer is totally frozen, not just that X is locked up, for instance by ping over the network, disk drive LED activity etc? Out of the more than 20 commenters here, I think only 4-5 have the same problem as Scott and Quash: X700 and X600 going black are two other bugs. usplash breaking consoles a third one. The combination of these looks like this bug, but is not the same. This is most likely a "ati" driver bug, and should be taken from there. Problems with other cards or other drivers should be filed in separate bugs. Please only change assigned-to and affected-package if you know what you are doing. Otherwise there is less chance that the right developers see this bug. Fix uploaded for feisty. Should be included in Herd 3 livecd. Cloning for Edgy.
2007-01-26 16:05:35 Kyle McMartin xserver-xorg-video-ati: assignee kyle
2007-01-26 16:05:35 Kyle McMartin xserver-xorg-video-ati: statusexplanation Fix uploaded for feisty. Should be included in Herd 3 livecd. Cloning for Edgy.
2007-01-26 16:07:19 Kyle McMartin xorg: statusexplanation
2007-01-26 16:08:11 Kyle McMartin xorg: status Unconfirmed Rejected
2007-01-26 16:30:02 Kyle McMartin linux-source-2.6.17: status Unconfirmed Rejected
2007-01-26 16:30:02 Kyle McMartin linux-source-2.6.17: statusexplanation
2007-01-26 16:31:07 Kyle McMartin xorg: status Unconfirmed Rejected
2007-01-26 16:31:07 Kyle McMartin xorg: statusexplanation
2007-01-26 16:33:16 Kyle McMartin bug added attachment '10_radeon_fix_agp_fastwrite.diff' (debdiff for edgy pkg -ubuntu5)
2007-01-26 16:43:23 Kyle McMartin xserver-xorg-video-ati: status Unconfirmed Confirmed
2007-01-26 16:43:23 Kyle McMartin xserver-xorg-video-ati: importance Undecided Critical
2007-01-26 16:43:23 Kyle McMartin xserver-xorg-video-ati: statusexplanation
2007-01-26 16:47:59 Kyle McMartin description Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better. Known workarounds: Disable DRI or set AGP speed to 4x in BIOS settings. [Update by kyle@ for SRU, the problem is the ATI driver can cause the machine to lock up on AGP-based systems. This is important since effected users cannot start X. Further information is below including the debdiff for the fix: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/edgy/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/67487/comments/173] Problem: Failure in booting in to Live Desktop 6.10. Result: Screen Goes Black after boot phase, right as it enters the Desktop phase. Must power off to remedy. Steps to Reproduce: 1) boot x386 CD and DVD (I've tested both) 2) choose either default Start/Install or Safe Graphics Start/Install 3) 6.10 boots and goes along without issue with the new Ubuntu boot splash. 4) It finishes the boot process, then goes to the standard momentary black screen with the white cursor in the upper-left corner. 5) Then, the screen goes black. Using F4 VGA options doesn't solve the issue. note: a signature of this particular bug is that selecting ctrl+alt+F1 through F6 does NOT bring up console either before or after you get a black screen. As a result, commands to change drivers as a workaround will not work with this bug, increasing its severity. Test Specs: ATI Radeon 9200 SE video card (AGP) Compaq P1100 21' monitor and Acer 54e monitor ASUS K8V SE Deluxe mobo AMD Athlon XP 64 3000+ (I only load the 386 OS on to it, though) 512mb RAM. note: when noting your specs in your report, please note if your video card is AGP or PCI-E, if you have an AMD 32 or 64 bit system (or Intel) and which Edgy OS you are loading. The more info, the better. Known workarounds: Disable DRI or set AGP speed to 4x in BIOS settings.
2007-02-05 15:37:09 Monika Eggers bug added attachment 'summary67487.txt' (video card, CPU, what helped)
2007-02-09 07:39:20 Bug Watch Updater xserver-xorg-driver-ati: status Confirmed Fix Released
2007-05-12 10:29:31 Mike Agnew bug added attachment 'xorg.conf' (xorg.conf)
2007-08-04 14:34:03 El Murphy bug added attachment 'xorg.conf.dual.screen.200707' (This xorg.conf does not crash X11 unless you uncomment #screen 2 "Left Screen" leftof "Middle Screen")
2007-08-04 14:35:55 El Murphy bug added attachment 'Xorg.err.root.cause' (My Xorg.0.log, can someone tell me how to address this issue?)
2008-01-08 22:58:44 Timo Aaltonen xserver-xorg-video-ati: status Confirmed Invalid
2008-06-15 12:07:36 fuzzyBSc bug added attachment 'lspci-vv' (Partial lspci -vv output)
2008-06-15 12:17:15 fuzzyBSc bug added attachment 'Xorg.0.log' (Xorg.0.log)
2009-08-06 16:12:14 centx attachment added dmesg.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29965758/dmesg.txt
2009-08-06 22:58:21 Mark Reitblatt removed subscriber Mark Reitblatt
2010-09-14 13:21:09 Bug Watch Updater xserver-xorg-driver-ati: importance Unknown Medium
2011-01-25 20:18:05 Bug Watch Updater xserver-xorg-driver-ati: importance Medium Unknown
2011-02-04 01:36:19 Bug Watch Updater xserver-xorg-driver-ati: importance Unknown Medium
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