Adding "nomodeset" to my kernel boot line in Grub fixed the problem. Thanks! On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Frank Hale <frankhale@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I do have an ATI card. I'll try that thanks! I did notice that 2.6.32 > would boot into a graphical mode shortly after it started booting even > though I didn't have one set in my GRUB conf. 2.6.31 didn't do this. > Thanks for the help! > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Ian-Xue Li <da.mi.spirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:35:30 -0500 >> Frank Hale <frankhale@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> the kernel went to core my system would no longer boot. It would start >>> to boot half way then just go dead. I don't have any error messages to >>> post because the screen went blank. Grub was working fine as far as I >>> can tell. >> >> if you had a ati card with KMS enabled, try to add "nomodeset" to the kernel line in grub. >> >> -- >> Ian-Xue Li <da.mi.spirit@xxxxxxxxx> >> >
