Ubuntu
usplash package

tty displays garbage rather than login

Bug #68722 reported by Brian Beck
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: util-linux

I've just installed 6.10 using the alternate cd, KDE displays fine. However, if I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 .. F6 to get to a text terminal I get a scrambled screen.

System ID: 508b97df64ae1293839d89b74f3f3972

If there's anything I can do to make figuring out the problem a little easier let me know.

Thanks.

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Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen) wrote :

Looks like duplicate of bug 68683

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Brian Beck (brian-beck) wrote :

The workaround for this bug is to remove the splash kernel argument from your /boot/grub/menu.lst file, and then reboot.

For example you should look for the kernel section you boot with, in my case it looks like this...

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
quiet
savedefault
boot

... and then remove "splash" from the kernel line so the section looks like so...

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
quiet
savedefault
boot

...Now when you boot the slash screen will be gone, but you'll be able to get at your virtual terminals. Hope this is helpful.

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Rohan Dhruva (rohandhruva) wrote :

Ok, Bug #68807 is a duplicate, my bad.

But this is not a solution - just a workabout. Who can live without the usplash goodness ? :)

Any hopes of this being fixed for edgy ?

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