Public bug reported:
I had been running ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop, and I wanted to get a more
recent version. Due to limited RAM, I selected Xubuntu 11.10 rather
then the mainstream Ubuntu distro.
After a successful install, I booted up and hit ctrl-alt-F1, and got a
black screen. This is the same situation for tty1 through tty6.
>From the virtual terminal, I verified that getty was running for all the
terminals from 1 to 6.
[code]
$ ps waux | grep getty
root 943 0.0 0.1 1968 220 tty4 Ss+ 21:50 0:00 /sbin/getty -8
38400 tty4
root 946 0.0 0.1 1968 216 tty5 Ss+ 21:50 0:00 /sbin/getty -8
38400 tty5
root 955 0.0 0.1 1968 220 tty2 Ss+ 21:50 0:00 /sbin/getty -8
38400 tty2
root 956 0.0 0.1 1968 220 tty3 Ss+ 21:50 0:00 /sbin/getty -8
38400 tty3
root 958 0.0 0.1 1968 220 tty6 Ss+ 21:50 0:00 /sbin/getty -8
38400 tty6
root 2220 0.0 0.1 1968 220 tty1 Ss+ 22:19 0:00 /sbin/getty -8
38400 tty1
[/code]
I then wanted to find out if it was possible to log in with the black
screen. I pressed ctrl-alt-F1 and in the darkness of the screen I typed
my username, hit enter, password, enter. The login was successful after
a few tries, as I could see the new information in the virtual terminal.
Note that the virtual terminal did not show itself(pts/0), and the
listing for 'who' was empty until I logged-in on tty1.
[code]
$ who
$ who
$ who
ajhcasual tty1 2012-04-19 23:20
$
[/code]
So, the problem is not the software running on tty1, but it is the
failure to display the text. It may be a bug relating to the hardware.
My hardware is:
Acer Aspire 3500
Intel Celeron M 1.4 GHz
256MB RAM
The tty1 screen worked fine in Ubuntu 9.04. I can't test Ubuntu 11.10
as the RAM shortage prevents it from booting properly.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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xubuntu 11.10: tty1 is a black screen
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