Ubuntu QA:
BlogBrainstormPackage status
Log in
Ubuntu QA
The Ubuntu community has contributed 21545 ideas, 132412 comments, 2606687 votes
Idea sandbox Idea sandbox
Popular ideas Popular ideas
Ideas in development Ideas in development
Implemented ideas Implemented ideas
Idea #22736: Prevent black screen of death upon reboot

Written by u.b.u.n.t.u the 30 Nov 09 at 05:28. Category: Hardware support. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
When installing ATI or Nvidia drivers a reboot is required. If the installation fails for whatever reason, then Ubuntu will not load after reboot.

Currently if ATI or Nvidia fail, then the user is left with a blank screen and unresponsive keyboard. This is the current situation with ATI 9.11 and Ubuntu 9.10, specifically with an HD4850 ATI GPU.

26
votes
up equal down
Solution #1: Failsafe to ATI and Nvidia installation.
Written by u.b.u.n.t.u the 30 Nov 09 at 05:28.
To prevent this I suggest that a failsafe protocol be implemented. Either prior to reboot, testing the ATI and Nvidia installation or at reboot, if the system freezes, that the default VESA driver starts. Either way, installing ATI or Nvidia drivers should no disable the loading of Ubuntu.
1
votes
up equal down
Solution #2: Reconfigure fglrx
Written by psmaster the 22 Feb 10 at 14:03.
I had to purge fglrx and then reinstall it and because I have dual head, I ran the command: aticonfig --initial=dual-head -f
That set up a typical xorg.conf with a dual-head setup. I then reconfigured it to my liking through the amdcccle

Propose your solution

Attachments
No attachments.


Duplicates


Comments
psmaster wrote on the 18 Feb 10 at 15:59
This issue is keeping me from using my desktop computer. I am running a Radeon HD 4850 and I am not entirely sure what made it happen, but it was running fine on dual monitors until the latest kernel upgrade....


Post your comment