I believe that it is the driver for the nvdia card. Basically the driver was not gaurenteed to work with x v1.5+. It did work and does with 8.10 but 9.04 moved to X version 1.6.
On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Dan Packard <dan.pack...@gmail.com> wrote: > Similar problem with my Toshiba Satellite 1135-S155 laptop. Initial > live cd boot to first dialog window works (showing install options), but > after selecting a normal install, or a live cd install, Ubuntu and > Kubuntu 9.04 freezes with black screen and blinking cursor. Rebooted > and commented out the quiet boot line and see the install stopping at > the "pci bridge" point (this is just a couple of seconds after the > installer starts). > > Rebooted the laptop and to get the installer to work correctly, had to > select the three acpi off and no apic, no lapic options under "F6". > This problem occurs with no external devices (like pcmcia card) attached > to the laptop. Consequently with this no apic/acpi setup, the laptop > never shuts down correctly and also getting random display corruption > (squares of black hash marks) on screen. > > Attached is text of lscpci -vvv for this Toshiba 1135 laptop while > running Kubuntu 9.04. > > ** Attachment added: "Toshiba 1135 - lscpi print out.txt" > > http://launchpadlibrarian.net/27704613/Toshiba%201135%20-%20lscpi%20print%20out.txt > > -- > 9.04 fails Toshiba 1135-s125 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364551 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > When upgrading from 8.10 to 9.04 beta, the Toshiba 1135-s125 fails. It > seems like that the process is smooth until reboot. Bug is confirmed when > attempting to run the live CD from beta 9.04. Machine boots up past grub, > and gets to the stage where one would run the window manager. At that point > one receives a blinking cursor and no interaction seems to reset the machine > (sans rebooting). Highest level of Nvidia driver that the laptop supports is > 96. > -- Thank you, Steve Battista (703) 939-1417 -- 9.04 fails Toshiba 1135-s125 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364551 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
