#1 2015-11-03 06:38:51

tgb1

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installed BL successfully getting black screen on boot

installed BL with no problem on
Dell Dimension 2400 desktop with 256Mb ram
video on mainboard does not function so using pci card matrox f7003-0301 rev a

getting black screen after grub loads BL

any suggestions?

ohnonot

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Re: installed BL successfully getting black screen on boot

welcome to the forums.

please post the output of

lspci -k

tgb1

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Re: installed BL successfully getting black screen on boot

ok stupid question when do I type the command in if I cant load the OS

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Re: installed BL successfully getting black screen on boot

Boot off the live USB / CD and run it

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Re: installed BL successfully getting black screen on boot

Highlight the BL entry in the GRUB menu and press "e" then add this to the end of the line that starts with "linux":

nomodeset

Then press <Ctrl>+x (at the same time) to boot the modified entry.

If you still can't reach the desktop, use <Ctrl>+<Alt>+F2 to switch to a console screen, log in there and try installing the old Matrox drivers:

sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-mga

You can also run the command suggested by ohnonot and post the output here.

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tgb1

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Re: installed BL successfully getting black screen on boot

adding 'nomodeset' worked.  altho do I have to do this each time on boot? how do I save that?

damo

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Re: installed BL successfully getting black screen on boot

adding 'nomodeset' worked.  altho do I have to do this each time on boot? how do I save that?

edit (as root) `/etc/default/grub` and change the line

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet nomodeset"

Then run

sudo update-grub

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