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Ubuntu 14.04 as of 22:00 o'Clock Jan, 19th 2014 boots into blank console.
Ctrl-Alt-F{1..6} does nothing or all consoles are blank, but "ps axf" shows /sbin/getty running on tty{1..6}:

# ps axf | grep tty
  880 tty4     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty4
  885 tty5     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty5
  890 tty2     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2
  891 tty3     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty3
  893 tty6     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty6
 4290 pts/1    S+     0:00                      \_ grep --color=auto tty
 1093 tty1     Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1


Removing deprecated "vga=768" from kernel commandline => doesn't boot into 800x600, keeps 640x480
Settings
  GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600
  GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD=800x600
are ignored.

Grub boots up with 800x600, switches back to 640x480 (setting
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD to "keep" it is the same) kernel doesn't switch back to
800x600.

Adding deprecated "vga=768" back in:
Grub boots up with 800x600, switches back to 640x480, kernel switches back to 800x600, but doesn't use this console. No output at all. Keys are accepted (you can login, but you'll have to guess what is going on on the screen).

Exactly the same error is found with debian. Switching to a self
compiled kernel solves this error. Looks a lot like some necessary stuff
for console resolution switching is missing in the debian-/ubuntu-
kernels.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-4.19-generic 3.13.0-rc8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-4-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 20 00:20:36 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-12-12 (403 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120817.3)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen-bce
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: util-linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-02-11 (342 days ago)

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty
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Ubuntu 14.04 boots to blank console
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270656
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