I've also got a notebook with an on-board Intel(R) Intel 82845G/GL Graphic Controller. The screen stays black after the usplash screen.
With with the boot-option you mentioned before ("noapic acpi=off nolapic") my notebook doesn't black out anymore -- Intrepid Ibex not compatible with Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/281132 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs