strange boot problem

[Nils Kassube]

O. Sinclair wrote:
> being on Kubuntu 12.04 I have for some time now experienced a strange
> problem I can not solve and searching has not given me any hints on.
> 
> When I choose "recovery boot" option the boot will start, then the
> screen goes blank and - nothing.
> 
> I suspect I am missing the "menu" that normally would come up but can
> not find any info on package, how to activate or what.

The menu comes from the package "friendly-recovery" but it is probably 
installed. Otherwise you would simply end up with a root shell but not a 
black screen.

I suppose you have a problem with the graphic mode selected. Otherwise 
you should see lots of kernel messages during the boot process. You 
could edit the grub command line for the recovery mode and you could add 
the option "nomodeset" to the kernel command line (e.g. after the "ro"). 
Furthermore make sure that there is no option "splash".


Nils