[Bug 1214027] Re: Blank screen when booting from installation DVD

[Steve Langasek]

Please retest with the most recent daily image from saucy:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/saucy-desktop-amd64.iso

There is a new version of the shim package in saucy which has been
reported to address similar issues on other ASUS machines. (i.e., bug
#1187233)

** Changed in: shim (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Blank screen when booting from installation DVD

Status in “shim” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I recently got a new laptop (ASUS N56VB) with Windows8 pre-installed.
  I followed the guide available at
  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI (i.e., disabling FastBoot).
  With SecureBoot still enabled, the 64bit DVD started fine, presenting
  me with a GRUB-like screen. When choosing "Try Ubuntu", the screen
  went blank. No error message, no warning, nothing. After disabling
  SecureBoot, I got the message "Secure boot disabled", but "Try Ubuntu"
  worked as expected.

  BTW: I even tried gfxmode=text, in case it was a problem with the
  video mode, but to no avail.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: shim (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-27.40-generic 3.8.13.4
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Aug 19 18:42:37 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-16 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: shim
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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