Black screen and blinking cursor for a while during Startup

Posted by Soumyadip Mukherjee on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Soumyadip Mukherjee
Published on 2012-09-12T15:03:38Z Indexed on 2012/09/16 9:49 UTC
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I've installed the Ubuntu 12.04.1 "rock solid" release. Everything works fine apart from the fact that during start-up the usual purple screen and Ubuntu logo doesn't appear. Only a black screen and blinking cursor is visible. Then after a while, for a fraction of a second, the Ubuntu logo and purple screen comes and disappears to the login page.

I tried Plymouth but it didn't help in solving the problem. It did end up changing the logo to a more artistic one. Can any one please help? Ubuntu is installed on my ASUS 1225c netbook.

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