Howto boot Live - CD when screen stays black ..

[FishermensFriend]

Hi

Hardware: Asus Laptop - Turion Amd - X700 Ati

Problem : Screen stays black when booting live CD.
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Solution for me:

in Boot menu :

Choose safe vga Mode ..
Press F4 - vga = 1024x768
Press F6 - type "live" behind text

Enter - boot

while booting press "strg+alt+F1" for comand line
Wait until it apears ... normaly you should hear loginsound from Mint meanwhile ...

type "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"

choose NOT autodetect video hardware.
choose vesa driver ...

Press ok untill you reach : monitor charaktaristics: choose medium
use some Videomode your Monitor can use ... for me 1024x768@60 hz

press enter untill youre back in comandline.

Press "strg+alt+F7" --- blank screen again ....
Press "strg+alt+backspace" ...should see comandline again ...

After that you should see the Gui of mint .... WoW ... so grapical ....
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This took me noob hours and much googeling ....



may it help some Noobs to


Would aprechiate an absolute failsafe mode in boot options ... maybe i dont know the "cheats" ---- vga=vesa diddnt work .... but ... frustration level for average Windos User will fast exeede limits and he will use Vista ... ugn ... shouldnt be necessary ... ...

mfg

[romulus]

Hi

Hardware: Asus Laptop - Turion Amd - X700 Ati

Problem : Screen stays black when booting live CD.
___________________________________________________________

Solution for me:

in Boot menu :

Choose safe vga Mode ..
Press F4 - vga = 1024x768
Press F6 - type "live" behind text

Enter - boot

while booting press "strg+alt+F1" for comand line
Wait until it apears ... normaly you should hear loginsound from Mint meanwhile ...

type "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"

choose NOT autodetect video hardware.
choose vesa driver ...

Press ok untill you reach : monitor charaktaristics: choose medium
use some Videomode your Monitor can use ... for me 1024x768@60 hz

press enter untill youre back in comandline.

Press "strg+alt+F7" --- blank screen again ....
Press "strg+alt+backspace" ...should see comandline again ...

After that you should see the Gui of mint .... WoW ... so grapical ....
____________________________________________________________

This took me noob hours and much googeling ....



may it help some Noobs to


Would aprechiate an absolute failsafe mode in boot options ... maybe i dont know the "cheats" ---- vga=vesa diddnt work .... but ... frustration level for average Windos User will fast exeede limits and he will use Vista ... ugn ... shouldnt be necessary ... ...

mfg

This procedure worked to get me up and running in Mint for the first time after several failed attempts. Thanks FishermensFreind

[merchinax]

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[yo_umm_me]

Wait so you press F4 when it says Automatic Boot and then counts down?