Public bug reported:
I am using Kubuntu Karmic 64-bit, upgraded from Jaunty. Ever since I
upgraded, my system boots to a black screen with a blinking white
cursor, and at the point no key combinations work. (ALT+CTRL+F1,
ALT+CTRL+BACKSPACE). I tried to use SSH to log in to my box from another
one, but as soon as I log in to the affected machine via SSH, I am
unable to enter commands and the terminal window freezes. The only way
out of this is to press the reset button on my computer. One out of
every 20 times I start my computer, it will start fine.
Thinking that this was just a corrupted install, I decided to wipe my
drive and reinstall. With the latest Kubuntu Karmic live CD, the same
exact problem happens. I thought maybe the hard drive was bad, so I
scanned it with Seatools. It passed the long test. I removed all hard
drives from my PC and the live CD still boots to a black screen with a
white cursor. I even tried the recovery mode, same thing. The jaunty
live CD works fine.
Due to my machine not booting correctly and it works fine in Jaunty, AND
it won't work with the live CD, perhaps this is a kernel bug?
Just in case it matters, here are my specs: 6GB of RAM, AMD Athlon X2
5200+ Processor, Nvidia Geforce 9800GT, Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 motherboard
(no onboard video), Diamond Multimedia 7.1 audio.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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System Boots To A Blinking White Cursor
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420271
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