I have tried a persistent live USB key made from the lucid-desktop- amd64.iso of 20100416 (note: not i386), md5sum 3457aff4863972bbb38806e68cd30a77, which I think will be the beta3 release.
Results for "Try kubuntu without installing": * with no options changed - screen goes black - KDE start-up sound plays - Ctrl-Alt-Fn produces no visible results. - blind-typing Ctrl-Alt-Del Down-arrow CR CR etc shuts down the computer * with "splash" removed from the boot options - as above * with "splash" present in the boot options and "nomodeset" selected in the F6 menu - big ugly boot animation. It looks like the resolution is 640x480 8-bit. - screen goes black, then fades in dim bands of odd colors. - KDE start-up sound does _not_ play. - Ctrl-Alt-Fn does nothing. - Ctrl-Alt-Del does nothing. * with "splash" removed and "nomodeset" selected - no boot animation. - screen shows many text messages, starting with "stdin: error 0" and "can't open /dev/sr0", each repeated a few times. - screen goes black, then fades in dim bands of odd colors. - KDE start-up sound does _not_ play. - Ctrl-Alt-Fn and Ctrl-Alt-Del do nothing. -- lucid beta 2 live shows black screen https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/557744 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
