[Bug 1459299] Re: ASUS Laptop black screen during boot / F2 key showing why

Brian Murray brian at ubuntu.com
Wed Oct 14 19:10:55 UTC 2015


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Title:
  ASUS Laptop black screen during boot / F2 key showing why

Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After upgrading from  Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS to  Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS

  Black screen during booting.
  Using: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS / Laptop ASUS K70AC - 500Gb Hard-disc (crypted)

  After started booting the screen turns to the Ubuntu colors for a
  second and then turns to solid black and nothing happens after that.

  I noticed that, when I quickly tuned off the power (battery -by
  removal- and mains) and then reinstalling and pressing the power
  button, the system showed me the GRUB choice with different Linux
  versions.

  Clicking the first (is newest) Linux version completed the booting.

  After having done this many times (no update for this bug so far), I clicked
  the F2 button (ASUS uses this key to get into the BIOS) while the screen was black, just to see what would happen.

  To my surprise my screen showed the following text (white font on
  black screen):

  Unlocking the disk /dev/disk/by-uuid/d9f96786-fec8-4889-b05e-96fcaffa6437 (sda5-crypt)
  Enter passphrase:

  After entering my passphrase Ubuntu completed the booting in the usual
  way!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-38.52~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt10
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-38-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed May 27 17:19:39 2015
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-16 (10 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: dist-upgrade
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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