Black Screen after Hard Disk Install and "startx"

[foxergod]

same as xNeroX, changed to i915.modeset=1 blind login and then everythings find. minor annoyance but for BT5 it seems worth it. Im on an ASUS ul80jt with i3 and NVIDIA Optimus, so seems to be a good workaround. Thanks snipes420 for posting the thread and all other for conformation.

[Reamer]

So we have to edit the kernel line EVERY time on start-up?

[Walkn]

Hello,

I have installed bt5 on my laptop and I have the same error "no screens found". After that I have tried to use : fix-vesa but bt said command not found...

After that I've tried to change vga=791 by vga=792 and nomodeset to i915.modeset=1 but nothing as changed...

Please could you help me to fix this issue.

[freesom]

you don't need to edit Grub every time you boot your PC

do these steps

in your terminal but this
gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Find this line in that file
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash nomodeset=1 vga=791"

change that line to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.modeset=1 vga=791"

Save and close this file.

Regenerate your grub.cfg for the changes to take effect by but this code in terminal

sudo update-grub


test it with reboot

it works with me

thanks to snipes420

[Walkn]

Hello,

Thanks for your advise but after I have changed my grub.cfg when I have restart my computer I have this message "fb: conflicting fb hw usage nouveaufb vs VESA VGA - removing generic driver" and nothing going on

Please could you help me.

Thanks

[Reamer]

you don't need to edit Grub every time you boot your PC

do these steps

in your terminal but this
gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Find this line in that file
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash nomodeset=1 vga=791"

change that line to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.modeset=1 vga=791"

Save and close this file.

Regenerate your grub.cfg for the changes to take effect by but this code in terminal

sudo update-grub


test it with reboot

it works with me

thanks to snipes420

oh god... yet another stupid mistake. I had already edited my /etc/default/grub file but it wasn't working on boot because I didn't update grub. Thank you for reminding me about that.

[ODiON]

solved the problem by kde x32

[Chinese]

I had the similar problem in that i installed NVIDIA driver (I'm use BT5 KDE 32bit).

I have an ASUS A53XI241SV laptop with Intel Corporation Sandy Bridge Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) and NVIDIA GT 540M Graphics.(and intel core i5 Processor)

I'm tried following this(http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/...up-workaround/) post to change my grub file.but it just changed my Screen Resolution to 1366x768,And the Screen still slow！

So i'm download the NVIDIA driver(NVIDIA-Linux-x86-270.41.06.run) from www.nvidia.com and installed.

After i "startx" there gets black screen still.but i can hear the sound of "startx"

After i del xorg.conf the "startx" back working and the screen slow not anymore.but the Transparency of the window has gone！

Does there somebody can tell me how to fix the black screen and Transparency?

[mbooma]

you don't need to edit Grub every time you boot your PC

do these steps

in your terminal but this
gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Find this line in that file
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text splash nomodeset=1 vga=791"

change that line to
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.modeset=1 vga=791"

Save and close this file.

Regenerate your grub.cfg for the changes to take effect by but this code in terminal

sudo update-grub


test it with reboot

it works with me

thanks to snipes420

not working for me

HP DV7 : i5 with ATI HD 5650

[todumco]

Hi folks

Only warning: I installed KDE 32 bits. Gave the same problem of black screen. I followed the above tips and it worked!

My computer is a Dell laptop n5010 15r.

Some data obtained with the command lshw and lspci-vv

*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 480 @ 2.67GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.5.5

================

*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 1d
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 6GiB


===============

Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 6000 Series (rev 35)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1321
Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
Kernel modules: iwlagn

==============

Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0447
Kernel driver in use: r8169
Kernel modules: r8169

Congratulations to you all

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