Dapper -> Edgy and blank screen after splash

[Carlos Barros]

Hi jerry!
I cant see what happened in the boot cause I cant switch
to any other console.. The computer is running, I can even
hit ctr+al+del to reboot, but I cant switch the cosoles.
I think something breaks the screen. But you give
a hint. I'll try to, blindly, switch to some console, log and do
/etc/init.d/kdm stop and see what happens. Maybe I can
get my screen back and do some analysis!

Thanks

On 3/21/07, jerry <jerryturba at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Carlos Barros wrote:
> > Hi list!
> > I've upgraded from dapper to edgy last week. Everything
> > was fine, but when I rebooted, I get a blank screen
> > just after the splash goes away. I can notice that it
> > is not a terminal screen (80x25). It remains
> > the splash screen conf, but without the logo. I cant
> > do anything at this point, just reset or ctrl+alt+del.
> > If I remove the splash from grup options, I can
> > boot without any problem. Doing some more tests
> > I noticed that if I put video=vesafb vga=0x314, I
> > get a very big logo in my screen but I can
> > boot without problems (but my console is
> > with a very low resolution, the chars are very
> > big) Another vga= it didnt work cause any other
> > value is not valid.
> > I have a nvidia card and I'm using the nvidia binary driver
> > in X.
> > Any one had the same problem??
> >
> > Thanks
> > Carlos Barros
> >
> Since no one has responded to you question i thought I might give a try,
> but I am by no means an expert with Linux.
>
> I also lost the splash screen and the scrolling info going by after I
> did a kernel recompile. The system does still boot even though nothing
> is scrolling  by on the screen. You may have to hit Ctrl-D to keep it
> going. Did you try to see what is happening during the boot by looking
> at the other terminals? Alt-CTRL-F1 to F8.
>
> I have not figured out out to get the splash back yet but since I only
> reboot every few months it is not a very high priority.
>
> I have a matrox card and can't help with the nvidia.
>
> Jerry
>
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