Ubuntu
usplash package

  1. Hardy (8.04)
  2. Bug #147623
  3. Comment #55

Comment 55 for bug 147623

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John R (johnruthmoore) wrote : Re: [EM64T + nvidia 8xxx]When booting, screen stays black.

My situation fits in with the second description Fabio Papa gives above:
"But 64 bits Ubuntu, which we are discussing here, has a completely different matter. Still a black screen, but boot time is normal."

I am running AMD64 Gutsy (clean install) with an nvidia 8600GT. Booting time is normal (very short, in fact), but I do not get a splash screen after the kernel starts loading. The monitor simply goes into power saving mode until the login screen shows. None of the 'solutions' I have found on the web have solved the problem (e.g. loading the kernel with vga=) etc. -- these seem to be solutions to an unrelated problem, as Fabio suggests.