You can start your system in standard mode with usplash disabled : $ sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
#remove "splash" from the line you want to start, for example : title Festy Fawn root (hd1,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd2 ro -- Feisty crashes after grub if usplash enabled (amd64) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/86666 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs