Problem w/ virtual terminals

[geoffrey froner]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Gerald Dachs <ubuntu at dachsweb.de> wrote:

> Am Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:13:31 -0500
> schrieb "geoffrey froner" <geoffrey.froner at gmail.com>:
>
> > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Leo Cacciari <leo.cacciari at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Il giorno gio, 28/02/2008 alle 08.52 -0500, geoffrey froner ha
> > > scritto:
> > > > I am still unable to access a virtual terminal from the GUI when I
> > > > enter Ctrl-Alt-F#.  All I get is a blank screen.  I can return to
> > > > the GUI by typing C-A-F7.   I wrote about this already and have
> > > > tried some of the fixes but no luck so far.  I am running 7.10
> > > > (Gutsy) on an IBM ThinkCentre.
> > > > >From what I've read, it seems this is a bug in 7.10; does anyone
> > > > >have
> > > > an answer or can advise to whom, to where, I should address my
> > > > question?
> > > IIRC, this was discussed on the ML for ndivia graphic cards, it was
> > > due to a wrong behaviour of the framebuffer and two solutions had
> > > been proposed: either modify kernel parameters in grub or include
> > > some module or others in the initrd image. I'm sorry, I can not
> > > remember the details, but if you looks on
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net and search for ndivia you should find.
> > > Alternatively you could search the ML archives.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Leo 'TheHobbit' Cacciari
> > >
> >
>  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > I couldnt find anything re: nvidia on Launchpad.  What is the URL
> > > for ML and what does that stand for?
>
> You should work on your quoting abilities. ML means Mailing List and
> the URL is at the bottom of every mail.
>
> Gerald
>
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Gerald,

When I asked for the URL, it was for the Ubuntu Launchpad site where the
'Hobbit' said he found answers for an 'ndivia' (sic) card, though I think he
meant 'nvidia'.  And thank you for educating me so kindly about meaning of
the initials ML.  Get a life.
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