Gutsy rc boot is a dark experience

[Bruce Marshall]

On Wednesday 17 October 2007, Ari Torhamo wrote:
> > The workaround for the moment would be to add   vga=normal  on the kernel
> > boot line.
> >
> > I would also remove for the moment the   "quiet splash" options on the
> > kernel line.  This should give you a text line boot where you can see
> > what is happening and then you can work from there to find the right
> > options.
> >
> > I think something is seriously farkled with the kernel's framebuffer
> > usage as the settings I used to use in feisty (vga=795) no longer work in
> >  gutsy.
> >
> > I'm still playing with the settings.
>
> I'm experiencing this too. I tried to search for a bug report about the
> problem, but couldn't find one. I thought that there propably is one and
> I just missed it. Your message hints that the developers are aware of
> the problem, but could you confirm this just to be sure. Otherwise I'll
> file a bug report (after searching for one again).

I'm not aware that this is a known bug.   I would report it.