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no login prompt on the console after upgrade to intrepid (alpha4)

Asked by Leonard Michlmayr

With ps I can see getty is running on tty[1-6], but if I switch to a tty using Alt+Ctrl+F1, there is no login prompt, only a blinking cursor in the upper left corner.

I noticed that if I remove the vga=0x0369 boot parameter, I will get a login prompt, but a low screen resolution and no usplash. I use vga=0x0369 to get 1680x1050x24bit on my nVidia GeForce 8600M GT.

What can be the problem? Is it a feature? Do I have to press a special key to activate the console? Did usplash leave the console in a bad state? Should I try an 8bit/pixel framebuffer?

It worked with hardy, but not from start, startup-manager does not support 1680x1050, so I had to fix /boot/grub/menu.lst and /etc/usplash.conf. Maybe I had to fix something else, that I have forgotten now. find /etc -name \*.dpkg-old did not give me a hint.

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A. Denton (aquina) said : 		#1

Doesn't sound like a display problem to me. You described that you see the cursor blinkting. I had a similar issue when using Fedora 7 the last monts on a server. I simply entered "login" or "su root" to force a prompt there. Maybe entering "sudo <username>" will lead to a password request on your system too? Whatever... if you see the blinking couror displaying should be ok.

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Leonard Michlmayr (leonard-michlmayr) said : 		#2

Thank you for your answer, Aquina.

Considering your suggestions, I tried to log in blindly. I can in fact log in and enter commands on the shell. However I will always see only a blinking cursor.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#3

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Leonard Michlmayr (leonard-michlmayr) said : 		#4

Just in case that anybody else has the same problem.

Meanwhile I have got this fixed. I don't remember well, but I think the trick was to install v86d and add the file /etc/modprobe.d/uvesa:
options uvesafb mode_option=1680x1050-32 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap

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Leonard Michlmayr (leonard-michlmayr) said : 		#5

Meanwhile I have got this fixed. I don't remember well, but I think the trick was to install v86d and add the file /etc/modprobe.d/uvesa:
options uvesafb mode_option=1680x1050-32 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap