Black Screen on Celena Install

[Ek0nomik]

I'm looking at trying a wide variety of Linux distros, so Linux Mint is next on my list. I just downloaded the Linux Mint 3.1 CD Image. The MD5Sum checked out fine.

I booted to the CD, (I have tried safe graphics and regular install modes), and the kernel loads. Then the loading screen with the Linux Mint (From Freedom Came Elegance) logo appears with the loading bar going back and forth. Once this has finished, I am taken to a black screen. Nothing happens, just a black screen.

I have a Intel Core Duo T550 & ATI X1400 Mobility Card.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Husse]

Welcome to Mint Ek0nomik
This is certainly a problem with X and you have a slightly odd ATI card - I think thats the problem
You might try the hints in the troubleshooter for the live CD
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... ur_Live_CD
There's also one other step to take I htink you should try but I'll have to come back to you when I find the reference to it again

[Ek0nomik]

Welcome to Mint Ek0nomik
This is certainly a problem with X and you have a slightly odd ATI card - I think thats the problem
You might try the hints in the troubleshooter for the live CD
http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... ur_Live_CD
There's also one other step to take I htink you should try but I'll have to come back to you when I find the reference to it again

Thanks for the reply.

Out of curiosity, how much of Linux Mint is based upon Ubuntu? I presume you are currently basing it off of Ubuntu Feisty (7.04)? If that's a case, than my problems are near certain related to my X1400.

Here is the posting on how to install Feisty with my card:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=414194

Until that post came, I was stuck.

Does Linux Mint even have a text-based installer?

Thanks!

[Stretch]

I also get this black screen when trying to install Celena and Cassandra on a spare PC/Server. I have read the FAQ and nothing works. My video card is a dated Asus FX5200. I have booting issues with several distros, including Ubuntu and FC >4. Mandriva seems OK though.

When I use break=top I get an almost immediate freeze
When I use break=bottom, I can change xorg from vesa to nv but instead of X starting, all I get is the black screen. ctrl-alt-F1 etc does not work. Neither does ctrl-alt-backspace.
When I use break=button, I can boot to a blank screen and ctrl-alt-F1 to console. However as I am in the process of editing xorg.conf, the PC just freezes. Reset button needed.

[Lolo Uila]

That's strange. Vesa mode should work as a failsafe for any card. I installed Celena recentl;y using vesa on a Radeon X1950 Pro system.

[Husse]

Well Mint is 100% based on Ubuntu, but over time more and more changes have been made. Mostly things have been added, but also removed and changed so by now there is a considerable difference, but as I am not a developer I could not give you a percentage
Most (but not quite all) solutions for Feisty work in Mint 3.x
No we don't have a text based installer - it would take to much resources to develop (it's not just to put the live cd in a "cruncher" and wait for the result )

Until that post came, I was stuck.

Ek0nomik, does this mean that you've installed?
The solution I mentioned but did not give is in this link
http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4784
Try break=bottom or =top or =button till you get a command prompt - it's obviously varying which one will do that depending on your system