usplash: blank screen. does not switch to gdm / kdm

I have that very same as well.

My computer is a Thinkpad T42 with a radeon mobility 7500 gfx.

I load the radeonfb (to avoid power loss when suspending to ram) module (put radeonfb in /etc/initramfs/modules and run update-initramfs)

same package versions as above.

Troels

Same symptoms on Thinkpad X40 with Intel 915 graphics. 0.4-34 works fine.

Please try the attached patch against /etc/init.d/usplash.

According to the usplash changelog, the setupcon call was removed, because a initramfs hook is now used. Yet, you still need to write usplash_write QUIT.
So the trick with setting CONSOLE_SCREEN to true.

I can confirm this bug with usplash on my system (Thinkpad x60s with Intel 965 graphics), usplash 0.4-37: I never get a console/X server after boot unless I delete "splash" from the kernel command line. And I can also confirm that the fix proposed by Michael Biebl (set CONSOLE_SCREEN to true) makes my system work again.

I confirm this behavior.

asus k8v se, athlon64/3200
nvidia geforce 6800 with nvidia 9746 drivers

usplash version 0.4-41

editing menu.lst by removing usplash works

after i applied the patch everything is working now

I confirm this behavior.

asus k8v se, athlon64/3200
nvidia geforce 6800 with nvidia 9746 drivers

usplash version 0.4-41

editing menu.lst by removing "splash" works

after i applied the patch everything is working now

I've try the "usplash stop" patch. It works fine (with a intel 845 graphics device).

Before applying this patch, I had to restart the computer about 3 times to got the gdm screen (without changing anything, just restarting with reset).

Each time it doesn't load, I can see a strange image at the bottom of the screen and the cursor moving after few seconds. Then the monitor switch off and on (displaying the strange image). Then the monitor switch off and on again but doesn't display anything.

The patch was working for me til an ugrade of usplash (I upgraded the file and then added "true" as the path could have done).
So the bug is still there for me.

Maybe this patch didn't help me at all. I'm in trouble with an other bug : https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-i810/+bug/28326

Can someone confirm if this is still an issue in Feisty and Gutsy? Thanks to everybody who contributed to this bug report so far.

I haven't got this trouble anymore in gutsy.

Thanks for your fast confirmation! Is there somebody else that can confirm that this bug is fixed in Gutsy? Michael Biebl?

2008/3/12, Saïvann Carignan <email address hidden>:
> Thanks for your fast confirmation! Is there somebody else that can
> confirm that this bug is fixed in Gutsy? Michael Biebl?

Yep, seems to be fixed (for me).

Michael

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Thanks everyone for your work and participation on this bug report. Since this bug has been confirmed to be fixed in latest gutsy release by the original reporter, I set the status to fix released. However if you can still reproduce this bug with the latest ubuntu release, please set back the status of this bug to new and comment on this bug report.