Blank screen after "Try Ubuntu" or "Install Ubuntu" with 11.10 live system, alternate installer works but boot fails afer installation

When trying to install Ubuntu 11.10, whether I click Install or Try Ubuntu, I only get a permanent blank screen.

If I use nomodeset, it changes to a loading screen, but after about 2 minutes it goes back to the black screen. Before it goes black, I get a few errors -- something like: bad target number, or passwd error mode.

I've also tried:

xforcevesa, i915.modeset=0, nomodeset, radeon.modeset=0, i915.modeset=1

I have tried the alternate installer, which installed fine, however when I boot up, select it from "grub", it goes black.

I did manage to install 10.04, however the screen resolution was 800x600 and I couldn't fix it to 16:9 (my resolution). Also, I would like to use the new 11.10 version.

Solution 1:

Newer kernels may have fixed this issue, you should give a shot at Ubuntu 12.04 beta.

Please note that this version is still in development so you might find some bugs and instability until the release.