Installation of Mint 10 hangs on boot

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msprauer

Installation of Mint 10 hangs on boot

Post by msprauer »

After trying out the Mint 10 live CD (which I am using currently to post this), I decided to do an install. Installation went fine, it configured grub to dual-boot Windows XP (first partition) and Mint on my second partition.
When I turn on my machine, I see the GRUB boot menu, and choose the first entry (Mint 10). My screen then goes blank, and my monitor does not appear to be picking up any signal from the graphics card. Undoubtedly this appears to be a graphics card (driver?) issue with boot up. Is there anything I should have to do to configure my grub to play nice with my graphics card?

I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT graphics card.

Here is some output from lscpi:

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mint@mint ~ $ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 1
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Port 2
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 3
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 4
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) PCI Express Root Port 6
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 90)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801JIB (ICH10) LPC Interface Controller
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 4 port SATA IDE Controller #1
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) SMBus Controller
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) 2 port SATA IDE Controller #2
01:01.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
03:00.0 IDE interface: JMicron Technology Corp. JMB368 IDE controller
08:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G96 [GeForce 9500 GT] (rev a1)

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08:00.0 0300: 10de:0640 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: 1458:3491
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
	Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
	Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
	Region 0: Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
	Region 1: Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Region 3: Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
	Region 5: I/O ports at ec00 [size=128]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at fc000000 [disabled] [size=512K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
	Kernel modules: nouveau, nvidiafb
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suministros

Re: Installation of Mint 10 hangs on boot

Post by suministros »

Same problem here, sorry I only speak a little english.

I download Mint 10 DVD check MD5 and is Ok, try in Vmware boot and Install Ok.

When i try to boot with the DVD, DVD start spin and only I can see ISO Loader ...... Then a Small Yellow DOT in the right of my screen.

I try to test what is posted in this Topic http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=58265 "How to avoid blank screen at startup" but every time I try to press tab-key Only the yellow dot.... I try to disable ACPI support in my Bios, but same result only a yellow DOT.

I try Ubuntu 10, Centos 5, fedora 13 live CD and Debian 5.06 with good results.

My system Specs take it from my windows 7 in spanish.

Fabricante MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
Modelo MS-7529
Cantidad total de memoria del sistema 3,00 GB en RAM
Número de procesadores principales 2
Compatible con 64 bits Sí
Tipo del adaptador de monitor NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
Memoria dedicada de gráficos 512 MB
Mostrar la versión del controlador del adaptador 8.17.12.5896
Resolución del monitor principal 1600x900
Versión de DirectX DirectX 10
Red
Adaptador de red Realtek RTL8102E/RTL8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
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