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[Erik Lippold <795272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Summary changed:

- EDID won't be read resulting in black screen at boot
+ Blank screen instead of GRUB menu

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: xorg
  
- After updating my fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04, it stopped booting, showing only a black screen, booting from a LiveCD worked just fine.
- Ubuntu would start in recovery mode, with low graphics, and after editing boot options to not include "quiet splash", the normal boot option booted into Ubuntu classic (no effects) (I'm bypassing GDM and not using Unity). However the highest possible resolution is 1024x786, whereas it should be 1080p. Everything else (Sound, Video (flash), etc) is working fine.
- Using read-edid it seems to me, that EDID won't be read correctly, this worked fine before the updates and using the LiveCD.
- I will attach a copy of the Xorg.0.log from the LiveCD boot.
+ After updating my fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04, it stopped booting, showing only a black screen, booting from a LiveCD worked just fine. I set GRUB to show the menu, which it did, initially.
+ Ubuntu would start in recovery mode, with low graphics, and after editing boot options to not include "quiet splash", the normal boot option booted into Ubuntu classic (no effects) (I'm bypassing GDM and not using Unity).
+ After a couple reboots, GRUB suddenly no longer shows a menu but a blank screen (my monitor says "Invalid Input"), when I hit enter it will boot into Ubuntu as it's suppossed to.
  
  I'm using the radeon driver on an old ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (R350). The
  update involved xorg 2:1.10.1-1ubuntu1.1.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,mousepoll,vpswitch,regex,animation,snap,expo,move,compiztoolbox,place,grid,imgpng,gnomecompat,wall,ezoom,workarounds,staticswitcher,resize,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,scale,session,unityshell]
  CompositorRunning: None
  CurrentDmesg:
-  [   25.808008] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
-  [   38.688118] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
+  [   25.808008] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
+  [   38.688118] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro,commit=0
  DRM.card0.VGA.1:
-  status: connected
-  enabled: enabled
-  dpms: On
-  modes: 1024x768 800x600 800x600 848x480 640x480
-  edid-base64:
+  status: connected
+  enabled: enabled
+  dpms: On
+  modes: 1024x768 800x600 800x600 848x480 640x480
+  edid-base64:
  DRM.card0.VGA.2:
-  status: disconnected
-  enabled: disabled
-  dpms: On
-  modes: 
-  edid-base64:
+  status: disconnected
+  enabled: disabled
+  dpms: On
+  modes:
+  edid-base64:
  Date: Thu Jun  9 23:03:14 2011
  DistUpgraded: Fresh install
  DistroCodename: natty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  GraphicsCard:
-  ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] [1002:4e48] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
-    Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd. Device [1787:8500]
-    Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd. Device [1787:8501]
+  ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] [1002:4e48] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
+    Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd. Device [1787:8500]
+    Subsystem: Hightech Information System Ltd. Device [1787:8501]
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  MachineType: MEDIONPC MS-7012
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=en_US:en
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=35d8fe89-ce8b-4172-965c-ad9d9fc3031b ro
  Renderer: Unknown
  SourcePackage: xorg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 09/29/2003
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
  dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
  dmi.board.name: MS-7012
  dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd09/29/2003:svnMEDIONPC:pnMS-7012:pvr:rvnMICRO-STARINTERNATIONALCO.,LTD:rnMS-7012:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: MS-7012
  dmi.sys.vendor: MEDIONPC
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110415-0ubuntu2
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7

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