Serious boot problem and no splash screen on new laptop

[Carsten Agger]

Bruce Marshall wrote:
> 
> Because the kernel's use of framebuffer is broken...  we all have problems 
> with the boot process.  
> 
> You might try adding back the splash option to your kernel line but leave the 
> vga option there.   Might work, might not.   Every machine seems to be 
> different based on the video setup.
> 

Thanks - didn't work, thoug; guess we'll have to wait for a kernel
update to fix the problem, then.