Comment 50 for bug 431812

All - I have the same problem on my ibm x61s thinkpad.
I've just upgraded from jaunty to karmic beta and now I can't get into my system.
I tried adding the 'i915.modeset=0' option to the line that begins with kernel, but no success.
No matter what I do, I always land on a blank screen with a blinking cursor.
Typing 'fsck -y /dev/sda1' followed by enter doesn't do anything and hdd light does not blink.
Once I do a ctrl-alt-del the root prompt shows up and runs any commands I'd typed on the blank screen.
The machine then reboots and I'm back to the same blinking cursor screen after reboot.

Can someone point how I get back into the system and remove the forcefsck.
Hope there is a way to get back in.