Blank screen during boot after clean Ubuntu 11.10 install (Intel N10 graphics)
- by Coen
After a clean install of Ubuntu 11.10 on my Asus eee PC 1005p, Ubuntu seems to boot correctly, except for initialization of the LCD screen.
What I observe:
I choose Ubuntu 11.10 in the GRUB 2 menu
A blank screen with a blinking cursor in the top left of the screen, for 15-20 seconds.
The ubuntu logo with 5 red dots in the center of the screen, for 1 second.
The LCD screen is entirely blank
The startup sound plays (Ubuntu is configured to auto-login)
Still, the LCD screen is entirely blank.
When I press Fn-F8 (the switch between LCD screen and external VGA), the LCD screen shows my desktop correctly and everything seems to work fine.
Except for the adjust contrast buttons (Fn-F5 and Fn-F6), these seem to cycle through random brightness modes. Something like: 0% - 50% - 20% - 0% - 20% - 0%
Any ideas what's causing this or how to solve this?
coen@elpicu:~$ lspci -v
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83ac
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
Memory at f7e00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
I/O ports at dc00 [size=8]
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f7d00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 83ac
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Memory at f7e80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
