[mdlug] ubuntu server 10.10 to 11.04 strange text video error

[Jeff Hanson]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Gmail-otakurider <otakurider at gmail.com> wrote:
> Got a strange after upgrade video issue.
> Short and sweet.  Was running ubuntu server 10.10, upgraded to 11.04
> server using(sudo do-release-upgrade).  After upgrade the video (monitor
> plugged into video card directly) now only displays a white screen with
> strange black < ({{({.. type letters only.  If I ssh in the text is
> displayed fine.  From what I can tell everything else upgraded fine web
> server, openvpn, opencloud, fengoffice, etc.  And yes video works fine
> if I boot from live CD, its a DELL L700CXE with on motherboard video.
>
> Any ideas?

Add "nomodeset" to the kernel boot line.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Editing%20the%20GRUB%202%20Menu%20During%20Boot