Boot problem

[kyan]

By backlight I mean the screen was not entirely dark, but had its
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backlight backlight enabled. There was no
cursor visible. I worked with someone on IRC:
http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/07/23/%23ubuntu.txt and decided to back up my
settings, erase the system, and restore them. I tried reinstalling various
packages to fix the issue but was not successful.

On 24 July 2011 00:59, Goh Lip <g.lip at gmx.com> wrote:

> On 07/24/2011 07:29 AM, Avi Greenbury wrote:
>
>> kyan wrote:
>>
>>  How can I see what is happening during the display of the splash
>>> screen during Ubuntu boot? The splash screen is displaying for a very
>>> long time with no change other than the orange and white dots
>>> alternating, and then it displays a plain black screen (with
>>> backlight). I am using Ubuntu 10.10. Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> You can edit the command line in Grub (select the kernel you want to
>> boot, then hit 'e' to get to a command line). You need to append the
>> 'nosplash' option to it, and then hit the right command to carry on the
>> boot process - I can't remember what it is in Grub 2, but I know it
>> says it on the screen when you're editing.
>>
>>
> You'll have to delete "quiet" as well to see 'what's happening'. Deleting
> "splash" just bypass the splash screen (the alternating dots).
>
> But I think if it displays a plain black screen, (with backlight, meaning a
> 'blinking cursor'?), you have more to worry about, most likely a video
> driver issue. Adding "nomodeset" to the line may help and then when booted
> up, rectify your video driver.
>
> So change
> linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.xx-xx-**generic root=UUID=xxxx ro   splash quiet
> to
> linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.xx-xx-**generic root=UUID=xxxx ro   nomodeset
>
> Regards - Goh Lip
>
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