Xfce Linux Mint 14 32 bit : Hangs on boot /Black screen

[sakthivivek]

I get a black screen just after selecting the OS in the grub bootloader. If I select the generic boot mode, The screen displays till "Loading Initial RAM disks" then it hangs.

I have been using it for about a week. I performed regular updates, installed a few packages. Then all of a sudden this happened.

I am a newbie, Pls help me out

Thank you in advance

[kc1di]

Hello sakthivivek and welcome to the Linux Mint Forums,

What I believe you may be running into is a graphic problem that's fairly common with the newer kernels.
you can try using the nomodeset parameter and see if that will clear the problem for you.

here are a couple pages that will tell you why and how.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/207175/w ... modeset-do

http://askubuntu.com/questions/38780/ho ... 8782#38782
hope these are of help.

[sakthivivek]

Thank you for the quick reply.But I couldnot fix the problem.

I tried out the "nomodeset" ,"nvidia.nomodeset=0" and "nouveau.modeset=0", it didnot fix the problem. Then I tried deleting the "quiet splash", which was in vain. Some of the users advised me to change the GRUB resolution using "GRUB_GFXMODE", again did not solve the problem. I also came across people having boot problems due to thier Wireless drivers, so I also tried blacklisting "b43" [which I hope we can perform in grub].

I also noticed that the system doesnot exactly HANG because I could still reboot using Ctrl+Alt+Del [Just trying to give as much details as possible ]

Do have any suggestions on the matter ?

[kc1di]

here's another page that may bear upon the problem, sorry I do not have xfce intalled at the moment so can't try anything
look and post # 13 though see if that may help.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s ... ion/213120