[Bug 1239145] Re: plymouth in Ubuntu, flashes log in than screen goes black
Maria Gillem
1239145 at bugs.launchpad.net
Sun Oct 13 20:47:51 UTC 2013
Hi Steve,
The monitor is modern enough to be LCD but it could still have a problem. I
have 2 others I can try. Before that I would like to rule out the video card driver.
I think I remember downloading a proprietary card from update manager. Can
you tell me how to look that up? I am still getting use to finding what I need in
Ubuntu. Any suggestions on the order that I should use to rule out the source
of the problem. As of yet, I haven't discovered any problems once the monitor
is showing.
When the monitor runs properly, if it's turned on and I boot up, I get graphics,.
I run a screen saver for idling. If you have the time. please suggest at what angle
I should attack the problem?
I hope I'm making sense,Thanks, Steve!
~ Maria
> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 19:21:16 +0000
> From: steve.langasek at canonical.com
> To: ziblick at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Bug 1239145] Re: plymouth in Ubuntu, flashes log in than screen goes black
>
> Hi Maria,
>
> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 02:46:33PM -0000, Maria Gillem wrote:
>
> > I don't know if this info helps with the issue - I left my machine
> > running but turned off the monitor. I turned it back on a few times and
> > it was OK but when I left it off for the night it went back to on for
> > about 3 secs and to black screen, so it's not just occurring in the boot
> > up. My easiest remedy is hitting the on/off button until the screen stays
> > on but the problem gets worse, each time it's harder to get the screen
> > back on. It appears that everything else but the (monitor going to black
> > when on) is working fine.
>
> Honestly, this does not sound like a software problem, but a hardware
> problem with your monitor. When you turn your monitor on, do you also press
> a key on the keyboard, or move the mouse, to unblank the screen? (Nearly
> all modern monitors will support DPMS to put the monitor in power-saving
> mode when idle, so the screen will be black until woken up by some activity
> from the computer.) If pressing a key is not enough to wake up the monitor
> reliably, then you may have a bad monitor or monitor cable, or a bad video
> card. If it's a software problem at all, it will most likely be a problem
> with the driver for your video card.
>
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> Title:
> plymouth in Ubuntu, flashes log in than screen goes black
>
> Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> After waiting for months, I recently downloaded the offered Plymouth upgrade from the Software Center. It's
> been about 10 days later. Running Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
>
> Problems started yesterday, I had some trouble with Plymouth about a year ago so I waited for months to
> download the new upgrade with hopes that there would be no bugs. I'm a granny who just loves Linux but
> when I researched the problem there were too many different scenarios for me to know what the right fix was.
> Thanks ahead for any help and energy on my issue!
>
> I booted up my PC to only see a black screen. I pressed the on/off button for monitor and got my log-in screen
> back, logged in and was alright.
>
> This morning, I booted and got black screen, using on/off on monitor didn't work this time. I logged in with the black
> screen on, got in but screen went black again. I used the on/off of the monitor, screen stabilized and function returned
> to normal.
>
> Looking at the changes from yesterday to today, I am concerned that soon I may not be able to get booted in at all, if
> things continue to deteriorate . I have a NVIDA card which I see from my troubleshooting research can have trouble
> with this Plymouth issue and/or the offered drivers. The PC is a Dell OPTIPLEX 760. ( wish it was newer) I
>
> I am good at following instructions so if you have a fix for me please
> let me know what I need to do. Thanks!!
>
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Title:
plymouth in Ubuntu, flashes log in than screen goes black
Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
After waiting for months, I recently downloaded the offered Plymouth upgrade from the Software Center. It's
been about 10 days later. Running Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
Problems started yesterday, I had some trouble with Plymouth about a year ago so I waited for months to
download the new upgrade with hopes that there would be no bugs. I'm a granny who just loves Linux but
when I researched the problem there were too many different scenarios for me to know what the right fix was.
Thanks ahead for any help and energy on my issue!
I booted up my PC to only see a black screen. I pressed the on/off button for monitor and got my log-in screen
back, logged in and was alright.
This morning, I booted and got black screen, using on/off on monitor didn't work this time. I logged in with the black
screen on, got in but screen went black again. I used the on/off of the monitor, screen stabilized and function returned
to normal.
Looking at the changes from yesterday to today, I am concerned that soon I may not be able to get booted in at all, if
things continue to deteriorate . I have a NVIDA card which I see from my troubleshooting research can have trouble
with this Plymouth issue and/or the offered drivers. The PC is a Dell OPTIPLEX 760. ( wish it was newer) I
I am good at following instructions so if you have a fix for me please
let me know what I need to do. Thanks!!
To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/1239145/+subscriptions
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