[ubuntu-za] Video problems with 11.04

[Hilton Gibson]

I found this using Google
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10112062&postcount=6

On 29 April 2011 14:20, Robin Bownes <robinbownes at afrihost.co.za> wrote:

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> On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 12:58 +0200, frans wrote:
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> On 11/04/29 12:42 PM, Robin Bownes wrote:
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> I have just upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04 on my Acer Aspire 5332. I have
> never before had any driver or hardware issues with this notebook and the
> various releases of Ubuntu that I've used on it.
>
> The upgrade went smoothly enough. However, on rebooting into 11.04, my
> screen went black just before the login screen. I could still hear the
> sounds that indicated the loading of the login screen, and was even able to
> login blind, and heard the sounds indicating the loading of the desktop,
> etc. However, my screen remained black.
>
> The only way the I can see what I'm doing in 11.04, is to access the Grub
> boot menu on bootup (hold Shift) and then select one of the previous/earlier
> versions. Everything then works fine.
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> In other words, if I boot using 2.6.38-8-generic (the default), my screen
> goes, and remains black, even though everything else seems to be working OK.
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> In order to see what's happening on my screen I must boot from either:
> 2.6.35-28-generic
> or
> 2.6.32-25-generic
>
> Any assistance would be most appreciated. Please keep in mind, when
> providing such assistance, that I'm not a Linux boffin.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Robin
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> Have you tried to plug in an external display?
> I had this on my desktop when using the secondary display port.
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> Try changing the laptop's display with the FN-F# key that have the screen
> icon on it. maybe it'll work
>
> --
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>  Google what you can't fake.
>  How (and when) to 'motivate' the computer to do what Google won't tell.
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>  Thanks for the quick response Frans. However, unfortunately, I don't have
> an external display to plug into the notebook. I have tried using the
> display swap key, but it has no effect what-so-ever.
>
> Any other suggestions from anyone? Please.
>
> Robin
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