Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-ati package

Screen goes blank during boot of install CD

Bug #69979 reported by Pipette Monkey on 2006-11-02

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #67487: [regression][rv280] black screen and console freeze when X starts - drm lockup. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

While trying to install ubuntu 6.10, after showing a loading screen, the screen goes and stays black. This also occurs in safe graphics mode. The same going black behavior also occurs after an install via the alternative install CD. I needed to install commercial video card drivers by ssh to get X.
Computer is:
Athlon 64 3000+
1GB RAM
Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB RAM

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Kai Kasurinen (kai-kasurinen) wrote on 2006-11-03:

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been
reported into our bug tracking system, but the maintainers do need
more information to fix the bug. Could you please answer the questions
which are in the other report?

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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote on 2006-11-04:

It's important information that the machine is still alive and reachable by ssh, this was not clear yet from the reports in bug #67487. Can you please provide log files, Xorg.0.log and check other system logs like /var/log/kern.log and attach to the other bug? Is your card an AGP one?