10.04 blinking cursor after grub select OS screen

[asphixmx]

I have the same problem. I have a Dell XPS m1210 notebook. The same blinking cursor for about 30-45 seconds doing nothing after grub. Then it continues normally. It happened with Kubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.04 and Linux Mint based on 10.04.... wish anyone could help with a solution...

[dino99]

on my system the same thing happen, i've removed "quiet splash" on the boot line to know about boot process and have seen that hard time begin when scanning sata chipset, i've report it.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...b2/+bug/590727

select "affect me too" if you have the same issue

[samcoinc]

I have the same problem with my laptop. (dell studio xps 1645)

I select ubuntu from the grub screen
Get the blinking cursor
the bluetooth light turns off and on
hard drive flashes
nothing.

This happens a good 25 to 50 % of the time. The rest of the time it boots normally. After the bluetooth light goes off and on - the hard drive just keeps accessing and boots normally.

The system is usable.. just have to turn if off and hope that the next time it boots

sam

[samcoinc]

I finally got rid of the 'quiet boot' and have been keeping track. this is where it hangs on my computer.

[Mills00013]

Ironic that you decided to post today for the first time in 3 weeks. I was planning on doing the same

I too turned off my quiet boot and splash screen and have found that the freezing during the boot process occurs for me after the line that says:

Freeing initrd memory: XXXXXk freed

Most of the time thats the last item, but maybe 10% of the time one more will sneak in after it that has nothing to do with memory. Either way, I'm pretty sure in my case, at least, it's that freeing process that stops my booting.

Again, all I have to do on my MBP is press my power button twice and it bypasses it, but its still an annoyance.

According to a few bug reports I found, other people have experienced it freezing here, always on 64bit installs like I have, but never on anything newer than a few years.

[samcoinc]

It seems to boot a lot more consistantly without quiet boot... So who knows if it is stalling in the same place. Presssing the power button doesn't seem to effect it for me.

sam

[sdholbs]

If adding "nomodeset" worked for you in the LiveCD, you can do the same on your installation:
1) At the grub menu, press 'e'.
2) After "quiet splash" type "nomodeset".
3) Ctrl+x to boot.

Does this get you to a normal desktop?

Thanks! This worked for me.