I can confirm that the fix by MOM2007 is working for me on HP compaq nx9105 with nvidia card.
uname -a: Linux mars 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > sudo vi /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add fbcon and vesafb > sudo update-initramfs -u > sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer > change the line "blacklist vesafb" to "# blacklist vesafb" In addition I changed the vga kernel parameter in /boot/grub/menu.lst from vga=791 to vga=0x0317 and did an "update-grub" Everything is working now! -- tty[1-6] are active but display nothing in Gutsy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129910 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