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Cannot install - black screen
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 11:06 am
by stroudmw
I just can't get the installer to finish! I get the selection screen then the splash screen - and then that's pretty much it. I've tried 20.04 on various USB sticks, as well as burning it to a DVD. I've tried both the Mate and XFCE Community editions. I suspect that my Video cards are the problem:
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Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: AMD Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] driver: radeon
v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: intel resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6
So, what can I do?
Re: Cannot install - black screen
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:31 am
by stroudmw
I really want to get this to work, so I've given it another try. I've now downloaded and verified a new iso, used:
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dd bs=4M if=GhostBSD-20.08.04.iso of=/dev/sdd status=progress && sync
to burn it to a usb, and tried to install it on a different laptop (an HP ProBook 450 G2 with Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics, currently running Bunsenlabs Lithium) and now I get nothing except a black screen. Not even the splash screen anymore.
Any advice please?
Re: Cannot install - black screen
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:39 am
by wb7odyfred
open up a terminal to login and issue commands. Yes, you have encountered a video card problems.
see what version of Intel Graphics or NVidia graphics card you have.
See if there is some error message to know
Re: Cannot install - black screen
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:47 am
by wb7odyfred
open up a terminal to login and issue commands. Yes, you have encountered a video card problems.
see what version of Intel Graphics or NVidia graphics card you have.
See if there is some error message to know
Select the best mirror for your location and maybe download the latest .ISO image file:
http://download.us.ghostbsd.org/develop ... 64/latest/
Re: Cannot install - black screen
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 6:00 am
by stroudmw
Many moons later...
I thought I'd give it another try. I've downloaded the GhostBSD 21.01.20 iso file, and it installed without a hitch!
So, my black screen issue has disappeared . I have no idea what caused it in the first place.
Now I just have an issue with my WiFi being disabled. If I can't figure it out, I'll create another post.
Re: Cannot install - black screen
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 4:53 am
by stroudmw
btw... after running an update, my WiFi works fine!
Re: Cannot install - black screen
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 2:42 am
by wb7odyfred
Congratulations. Sir.
Can you share output from these two commands?
pciconf -lv
Usbconfig list
uname -a
uname -K
Freebsd-version
Re: Cannot install - black screen
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:47 pm
by stroudmw
Sorry. I battled with a reliable network connection, the i915 video driver, and mounting external hard drives. So I finally gave up. I have work to do, and just couldn't justify wasting any more time trying to get this right. So I've installed Arch Linux. It was easy in comparison.