[ubuntu-za] 8.10 freezing on splash screen and non gui mode

[Vijay Makanjee]

Simon Cross wrote, On 15/04/2009 16:35:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Vijay Makanjee <vijay at ergo.co.za> wrote:
>> Suddenly my laptop started freezing on bootup.
>> It does not go beyond the splash screen and the progress bar freezes. It
>> only continues loading when I press a key (anykey).
>>
>> It does the same when the splash was disabled.
> 
> Remove the "quiet" option from your boot parameters and add the
> "nosplash" option. Reboot and see what it's doing when it waits.
> 
Thanks, will try that again. and report back

vijay