[Bug 447765] Re: Can't switch to console mode when booting from grub2

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Can't switch to console mode when booting from grub2

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: xorg

  In Karmic, I can no longer get a console screen with CTRL-ALT-Fx, eg
  CTRL-ALT-F1. The screen changes mode to a black screen filled with
  random coloured pixels and (on some consoles) a flashing single-pixel
  cursor midway across the screen (pressing ENTER changes the screen
  somewhat, so it seems to be a screen resolution problem).

  It used to work until quite recently in Karmic and it works in Jaunty
  with the same nvidia drivers.

  This looks similar to bug #129910. modprobing the modules suggested
  there (eg vesafb) doesn't help, though.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Oct 10 11:49:53 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1530
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-13-generic root=UUID=04dd136a-dd4b-418d-be41-813ceb63d3f4 ro quiet splash
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.43-generic
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu5
   libgl1-mesa-glx 7.6.0-1ubuntu2
   libdrm2 2.4.14-1ubuntu1
   xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.0-1ubuntu1
   xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090825.fc74e119-0ubuntu3
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic x86_64
  dmi.bios.date: 11/19/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A12
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd11/19/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: XPS M1530
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  fglrx: Not loaded
  system:
   distro:             Ubuntu
   architecture:       x86_64kernel:             2.6.31-13-generic

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