[Bug 699802] Re: error:: no video mode activated

[noobish]

This is not solely a problem with laptops. I see the same behavior on an
lvm encrypted partition with separate raid1 /boot partition with a fresh
install of natty. Natty was installed via i386 x64 alt disc in expert
mode on a SuperMicro 7046T-H6R  SuperServer with an ATI 5870 card.

I did *not* see this behavior when installing ubuntu 11.04 server amd64
using expert mode, with the same exact partition setup... (on different
hardware though).

When copying the fonts to /boot/grub I get the same blank purple screen.
The luks decrypt passphrase prompt is not displayed. I can switch
terminals via the ctrl-alt hotkeys but the screen still does not update.
I can only tell that switching is working by watching the numlock
indicator. Trying to enter the passphrase blindly without first
switching off and back to tty7 does not work.

Additionally, removing the fonts, running update-grub && install-grub
/dev/sda restores the original broken behavior, including a working
passphrase prompt.

I tried both xserver-xorg-video-radeon and fglrx and of course that has
no effect besides breaking the nice video mode set via KMS when running
fglrx.

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Title:
  error:: no video mode activated

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub-pc

  On my laptop I am getting "error: no video mode activated." message from grub on system boot (in standard VGA mode). After that kernel loads and sets proper resolution (1366x768).
  --- 
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: grub-pc 1.99~20110104-2ubuntu1
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-12.26-generic 2.6.37
  Tags: natty
  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-12-generic x86_64
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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