

Press + to boot with this added parameter.
#Blank screen after entering startx drivers#
Your will find the full range of drivers and more info at wiki If you don't know the brand you may use just one word: nomodeset r128.modeset=0 (for very old ati rage 128 cards.).pe.: use nouveau or nvidia for nvidia based cards (proprietary driver, just nv in some linux distributions, nouveau driver is the default in Mint) ), use radeon for amd/ati cards, i915 for intel based motherboards,, These are the most common examples. Use the parameter related to the brand or chipset of your video card. Add one of the following '?.modeset=0'parameter at the end of the long grub command line as is (type 1 space before).Go to the line starting with the word linux and ending with the words : quiet splash.LInux Mint) with the cursor and then press the key to get the full boot grub commad line. Tap a cursor key to avoid automatic boot.

Reboot and wait to see the initial boot screen of GRUB with a list of operating systems.Here is a simple and short fix that will allow to boot and configure the system from a graphical user interface (In Linux Mint will be Gnome). If the monitor is smart enough it will complain about wrong frequency or no signal. It mimicks a computer hanged (dead) but is not the case ! You will notice that the computer is working fine as it reboots gracefully if you click ++ meaning that you have a working system but with a video problem. It may even happen with the installation CD/DVD of some new distributions (Mint Mate 16, 17)
#Blank screen after entering startx install#
You will end your first install (and/or reboot procedure), with a black screen after several normal messages or disk activity just before getting the normal user prompt (it will never come out). Current video cards are willing to generate resolutions/frequencies over your monitor's capabilites. It is related to failed detection of hardware, or by upgraded drivers (nouveau, spring 2011). The Linux Mint rotating 'in process' iconĭon't tell me why but I have found this issue in several installations or reinstallations of Linux Mint (and other distributions) in previously working systems. Problem: You got a black screen in place of the friendly graphical login screen at the end of the Linux Mint boot sequence.ĭisplay misbehaving presentation includes:Ĭentered garbled lines of colorful squaresĪ plain black screen (but this may be related to other issues)Ī kind but sticky message that X11 has re-started n times in n minutes
