OK, The last line displayed in the verbose boot is "stopping system V runlevel compatability" I get a flicker, a mouse icon and then the mouse icon freezes on top of the cli screen. Usually I can hit alt-F2 to drop into the command line prompt.
I booted with the "debug=" startup parameter. It booted into the text interface. I copied the casper.log and the dmesg output. the casper log is attached to this comment. ** Attachment added: "casper.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/889852/+attachment/2598334/+files/casper.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/889852 Title: Live-CD black screen Radeon HD4200 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/889852/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs