Comment 214 for bug 67487

Same problem. AMD 64 (3000+) / Asus moterhbord VIA chipser / ATI RADION 9800 PRO
Desktop disk (i386) should work, gave the Gnome desktop on another pc (still, mouse didn't move, 2 X bad luck with trying Ubuntu)

If I remove splach+quit from the command line I get all the message and no longer only the cursor on top of the screen before the screen blanks.

Those messages looked normal:
There was one message about weird date for the ATI remote control.

After a message that X or Gnome was started , I don't remember, two messages about the printing system (cups) appaered. Then the screen blanks completly.

For me the system is alive looking at the disk-activity led. And if I touch the power button to soon (to force the system down by keeping is pressed for some time) I get instantly a sound.

What would happen if the root parameter for the kernel would be set to an existing ext3 partition. Would we be able to retrieve the Xorg logfile afterwards?

Would it be possible to use the CD and with an other Linux distribution, installed on my system, to install Ubuntu on a partion (ext2?)? So I could try to debug the problem on that installation.