[ubuntu-za] Video problems with 11.04

[Robin Bownes]

On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 12:58 +0200, frans wrote:

> 
> 
> On 11/04/29 12:42 PM, Robin Bownes wrote: 
> 
> > I have just upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04 on my Acer Aspire 5332. I
> > have never before had any driver or hardware issues with this
> > notebook and the various releases of Ubuntu that I've used on it.
> > 
> > The upgrade went smoothly enough. However, on rebooting into 11.04,
> > my screen went black just before the login screen. I could still
> > hear the sounds that indicated the loading of the login screen, and
> > was even able to login blind, and heard the sounds indicating the
> > loading of the desktop, etc. However, my screen remained black. 
> > 
> > The only way the I can see what I'm doing in 11.04, is to access the
> > Grub boot menu on bootup (hold Shift) and then select one of the
> > previous/earlier versions. Everything then works fine. 
> > 
> > In other words, if I boot using 2.6.38-8-generic (the default), my
> > screen goes, and remains black, even though everything else seems to
> > be working OK.
> > 
> > In order to see what's happening on my screen I must boot from
> > either:
> > 2.6.35-28-generic
> > or
> > 2.6.32-25-generic
> > 
> > Any assistance would be most appreciated. Please keep in mind, when
> > providing such assistance, that I'm not a Linux boffin.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Robin 
> 
> Have you tried to plug in an external display?
> I had this on my desktop when using the secondary display port.
> 
> Try changing the laptop's display with the FN-F# key that have the
> screen icon on it. maybe it'll work
> 
> -- 
> When working on a computer you have to know enough:
>  To fake what you don't know.
>  Google what you can't fake.
>  How (and when) to 'motivate' the computer to do what Google won't tell.

Thanks for the quick response Frans. However, unfortunately, I don't
have an external display to plug into the notebook. I have tried using
the display swap key, but it has no effect what-so-ever.

Any other suggestions from anyone? Please.

Robin
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