[Bug 1697968] Re: $vt_handoff causes black screen even when nomodeset is used

[xin]

This would be pretty good given that Ubuntu is becoming more server focused, it should offer more sane defaults.
Will this change be made soon? 
Today I installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 on some Fujitsu Primergy servers(mx130 s2 and others), some of them needed just Ctrl+Alt+F1 to jump to tty1, others needed to edit the boot commands. This is really easy to fix but quite irritating.

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Title:
  $vt_handoff causes black screen even when nomodeset is used

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
   The problem appears on 7 computers (different hardware) used as servers and 2 laptops (hp compaq nc6400 and Toshiba Satellite L505D).
  The computers are:
   3 with Xeon E3-1231v3 and GPU's : gt210, 8600gs and r7 260x
   1 FM2 A4 4000 (the integrated GPU is used)
   1 FM1 A4 3400 (the integrated GPU is used)
   1 with ECS G45T-M2 (integrated GPU is GMA X4500HD)
   1 with 775Twins-HDTV (ATI X300-based GPU)

   Installed Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 64 bit and 32bit, Ubuntu Server 17.04
  32bit and 64bit, Ubuntu 16.04.2 and 17.04 from mini.iso (both 32 and
  64bit)

   Removing the parameters quiet splash from /etc/default/grub and
  running update-grub also removes the $vt_handoff parameter. After this
  Ubuntu works. To get this done I should edit the booting commands
  first and remove "quiet splash $vt_handoff" to get Ubuntu boot without
  problem. I tried with quiet splash but WITHOUT $vt_handoff, also
  works.

  
  Either I am really unlucky or this parameter causes more problems than it solves. I don't suggest to remove it (somehow I'm pretty sure that you would not do it) but just to add something like "no $vt_handoff" alongside with the other options which can be chosen by pressing F6 before you start the installation. I'm not sure that someone who installs Ubuntu as server without graphical user interface cares about the features that $vt_handoff brings. But as someone who don't have much experience with Ubuntu and given that this is Ubuntu only thing I was really confused at first. And doing all that manual intervention can be avoided just by adding option before or during the installation.  

  Probably making nomodeset parameter to disable $vt_handoff will also
  be solution.

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