Ubuntu / Apple :: 10.04 - X Starts But The Display Comes Up Blank
May 9, 2010
I recently installed Ubuntu on my Powerbook G4 1.6ghz 13". The install went fine along with the first boot off the harddrive. The problem came when I started the computer for the second time. X starts but the display comes up blank. To be sure I didn't mess up the install I reinstalled Ubuntu and installed all the updates and proprietary drivers as well as setup remote desktop options. I can now start the computer and get a remote desktop but nothing on the computer's display. I've tried to edit the xorg.conf but X has not created one. I'm at a loss of what to try next.
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Feb 6, 2011
Today my system has started exhibiting a weird behavior. When KDE starts, I get stuck in a blank screen. Sometimes, KDE starts and shows the logon page, but then it gets stuck during logon: the disk icon is completely loaded, but the others are still blurred. I can dual-boot into windows on the same machine, and it also has problems. I have remote access to the machine, and I can even start X remotely, although it's sluggish. I have an nVidia 9600 card, which had been working just fine until today. I have tried updating to the last nVidia drivers from the PPA, but it didn't help.
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Apr 18, 2010
I have tried two distros - Mandriva and OpenSuse. Both provide the same results, though Mandriva booted...but still the same problem, after installing blank screen comes up and nothing. Keyboard touch bad, mouse nothing happens. I would prefer openSuse but may have to switch.
Equipment:
Acer 7740 17" laptop
Intel i3-330M Chipset
4Gig DDR3 RAM 1066
Intel Integrated HD Video 128MB
Install Win7 64-Bit no issues, wiped and installed Linux and I cannot get past this blank screen. Installation works, no problem installed packages etc. When coming up on 1st boot, login - boom nothing? Searching the web and I suspect the Intel graphics are the problem but I'm not sure.
I bought this laptop to put Linux on it solely for a personal project of using Linux for a year. I'm an IT professional for 23 years and comfortable with CLI.
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Jun 17, 2011
I installed Umbuntu (MythBuntu 11.04 as backend system) and initially when starting it just went to a blank screen (no prompt, nothing). After going through safe mode I was able to get to a prompt and into the UI in low graphic mode.After updating the graphic drivers (nvidea) to the latest and changing some grub options (GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="acpi=off splash") when I restarted it went to the busybox initramfs prompt. I typed "exit" and the UI started up normally.
The next time I restarted it went through to a blank screen. I typed "exit" again and enter and the UI started up normally again (even though I couldn't see what I was typing at the time).While I was going through the recovery mode I do remember some messages about disk not found/mounted, when I googled it I found stuff about entering rootdelay=90 in menu.lst which doesn't exist anymore. Is there a similar option I can enter somewhere in 11.04?Also I'm new to Ubuntu (in fact any Linux distro as an admin), where would I find any log files that may help with finding the problem.
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Sep 1, 2011
I turned on my computer and selected Ubuntu with Linux 2.6.38-8-generic and press enter, the screen goes black and my computer starts beeping
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Mar 28, 2011
I have ubuntu 10.04 on my laptop and when I`m doing my works on it for example surfing the net or other things the display starts raining.I mean the colors on display start going up and down and It hurts my eyes.I installed ubuntu 10.10 but the problem didnt solve.
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Aug 22, 2011
I'm running Ubuntu 11.04, using an nVidia graphics card. I have my TV hooked up to my computer and acting as a second monitor, using the Twinview option with the gpu. My monitor is set as the primary display, with the TV as secondary.
The problem I'm having is that when I turn my computer on, the main display is black, and all the load up information is output to the second display. Then, when I get to the log in screen, it is also on the second display.
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May 16, 2010
I have an imac 27'' i7 and cannot get to install ubuntu.
I always get a blank black screen when during installation even when I select the "safe graphic mode". During installation, the i get some multi-colored straits at some point and then nothing, it returns to the black screen.
I even tried to partition my hard drive with Gparted and got the same blank black screen even with the "safe graphic mode" option.
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Jan 17, 2010
imac g3 power pc screen goes blank and the power button goes orange after kubunto loads, but the computer is still running, how do i fix this problem, if you have any information please be very spesific i have no idea what im doing so include all steps, thanks to anyone who posts (if this helps the computer makes the drum roll noise if i hit enter but the screen still stays blank)
(xbuntu version -xubuntu-8.10-alternate-powerpc)
(system informaiton...
(powerPc G3 266MHz/512k catche/32mb/6gb HD/24x CD-ROM/rage Pro/6MB SGRAM)
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Jan 18, 2010
my imac g3 power pc screen goes blank and the power button goes orange after Xubunto loads, but the computer is still running, how do I fix this problem, if you have any information please be very spesific I have no idea what im doing so include all steps, thanks to anyone who posts (if this helps the computer makes the drum roll noise if I hit enter but the screen still stays blank)
(xbuntu version -xubuntu-8.10-alternate-powerpc)
(system informaiton...
(powerPc G3 266MHz/512k catche/32mb/6gb HD/24x CD-ROM/rage Pro/6MB SGRAM)
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Feb 25, 2010
I am running karmic on a MBP 5,2. When I close the lid, nothing happens. The screen does not blank, machine does not sleep... nothing. I thought I performed all the steps in the sticky, and I didn't see anything special regarding power management. The power management tool does not list any settings for lid closed.
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Mar 23, 2010
im running karmic on a macbook pro 5.4. everything worked fine for a couple of months until i upgraded yesterday. (apt-get upgrade) now i'm getting a blank (black) screen when booting right after the splash screen appears tough the system comes up propperly since i can connet using ssh. the xserver is up and running regarding to the logs. i can't even switch to a console (alt-crtl-f1) nor booting in single user mode. the screen gets black after the kernel boot and init starts.
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May 17, 2011
I installed Ubuntu 10.10 alternate PPC on my iBook G4. I have to used this command upon installation or else it went to white screen which doesn't go away:
install video=ofonly
Installation went smooth till the end.
After reboot, it did prompt me to pick l or c, then yaboot screen appear. However, after I entered 'Linux' and hit Enter, nothing happened - blank screen.
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Nov 25, 2010
I just purchased a new Mac Mini 2010 to replace my older Mac Mini 2006 Intel. The problem I am having is that when I boot Ubuntu from the MM 2010 CD-ROM the initial menu that allows you to select a language is displayed, but after that the screen goes blank and stays blank. I am using the HDMI port to DVI output and I am wonder if that could be a cause of the blank screen. Is there a boot command that I can use to allow Ubuntu to display with the HDMI port or other item I need to fix to get Ubuntu CD installer video display to work with my MM 2010?
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Apr 26, 2011
I downloaded Ubuntu Lucid...something onto a cd and I booted into it on my iMac G4. It brought me to a screen saying things like live is default press tab for more options etc and when I just press enter, the screen turns white, loads a few things, then it turns blank and after awhile, I hear the Ubuntu startup sound but my screen remains blank.
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Feb 3, 2010
I am trying to install kubuntu on my macbook. I am able to boot from the CD and install fine, but when I try to boot from the linux partition the cursor blinks for a while, then the screen goes blank.I have used the rEFIt partition utility, but when I try to reinstall the grub bootloader as described here: it says "sudo: grub: command not found"When it try "grub", it says:"The program 'grub' is not currently installed. You can install it by typing:sudo apt-get install grub"
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Feb 10, 2011
I went to lock the screen when I got up from my computer. I came back and there was a black screen. I tried hitting different buttons nothing worked. I rebooted and still went right to black screen. I can get into recovery mode but I can't figure out what's wrong with the computer. Can someone give me a hint. My father is very good with ubuntu but he said that he would just reload the os on it. But I really don't want to go thru that process all over again.
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Jul 9, 2010
I have been reading others experiences of similar Low-Display 800x600 minimal color issues on G4 and other PPC computers, Thought I had it close but still can't get it really gworking as it should, I believe it is all to do with the framebuffers (that don't exist and I don't know how to make these files and keep them on reboot. mine is a really old G3 with the Slot Load R128 Rage ATI graphics, 40 GB HDD, 256 MB RAM,740/750 processor.
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Mar 17, 2010
I am running 9.10 on a HP Compaq. Every few days X will die. The screen goes blank and will not display anything. I have to SSH in, but even trying various commands like gdm restart does not help. I eventually have to reboot the box. Below is a snippet (hopefully not too large) of dmesg:
/dev/sr0 on /media/cdrom0 is a CDROM, but I dont think thats the issue.
[707515.629800] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[707515.629806] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[707515.629811] Info fld=0x45d18, ILI
[707515.629813] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
code....
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Jan 1, 2011
Why is it on Ubuntu/Maverick that my display insists on going BLANK after a certain period of computer inactivity EVEN THOUGH I have NO screensaver functions set and the put screen to sleep function in power management is set to NEVER and ALL functions in BIOS are all set to not have display go into suspend mode ?
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May 13, 2011
This issue was resolved in Lucid and Maverick; now it's back... This happens after only 2-3 minutes, even when the screen saver is set to activate after 20 minutes. I believe this has something to do with ACPI power management.
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Mar 16, 2011
All of sudden my Fedora 14 machine went to blank screen during startupprocess. I upgraded from 12 to 13 and then 14 last week and it worked fine for a week. I have Dell Optiplex 760 with builtin Intel Q43 video card. I have looked for the solution online, but it seems like it is driver issue. I couldn't find the compatible driver yet.
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Mar 25, 2010
I am running Karmic (9.10) on my macbook air (2,1) and although many things work fine (I wrote about it here:[URL]) one of the last things that doesn't work is setting the screen brightness. The FN-F11/F12 combo does bring up the brightness adjustment notification window (top right) and I can change the setting, but it has no effect UNTILL I reboot or suspend to RAM and reboot.
A related issue is that the brightness doesn't automatically adjust to the surrounding brightness.
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Jul 18, 2010
My current set up in OS X has an external monitor (Acer H243H) and my MBP 13" screen as an extension. The only way for me to currently get the menus and panes on the external monitor is to turn the Macbook display off. is there any way for me to change this?
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Apr 3, 2010
Today, just hurry the boot process up a few seconds, I manually selected the kernel to boot to. Everything went well and got to the point where I heard the bootup sound and then the screen went blank and my monitor on-switch went orange - indicating nothing to display.
If I pressed the delete key I could hear the sound made when there's nothing more to delete. I switched to one of the virtual terminals and the monitor switch went green but no display.
I rebooted and let the bootup process as normal and everything was OK. I repeated the initial bootup process, with the manual selection, and it went blank again. The odd thing is, I'm sure I've recently done this before and all was fine.
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Aug 16, 2010
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS from 9.10. After the upgrade process, I restarted and chose "Ubuntu, with [the current kernel]" and now I am greeted with a white screen with no login or boot splash. My processor is pegged according to the processor case light. My computer's specs are as follows: AMD Athlon X2 5200+, ATI Radeon X1300 Pro, 2GB DDR2 ram, Dell Socket AM2 Motherboard, and 250 GB 7200 RPM hard drive. I really need to get this computer to work.
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Apr 1, 2010
I downloaded 5.4 DVD iso, burnt it to DVD and installed it, when booting up it goes through gives loads of green okays, then when going into the GUI (presumably) it shows a blank screen.
I did some googling and found out to run system-config-display, however when I run this the monitor goes blank and does not work, I have tried a few variations of setting the resolution etc. but nothing worked.
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Jan 9, 2010
Today I installed all the updates that were associated with the 2.6.31-17 kernel upgrade on Ubuntu 9.10.It appears the update has broken my stock 17-inch Macbook Pro 5,2 because after restarting my screen is just black. I don't see the ReFit choice menu (I have OS X and Ubuntu installed), and even when I let the machine boot all the way into Mac OS X the screen just remains black. The apple logo on the back of the screen doesn't turn on at all.
I can see the keyboard backlights eventually come on (which is normal when you get to Mac OS X login prompt) - so its almost as if its booting but just wont talk to the display. When you press the brightness buttons you can faintly see the shade of black changing.What the heck has happened? I just paid a big load of money for this baby and I'm very sad now I love Ubuntu but this is ridiculous.
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Feb 26, 2011
I have an Apple iBook (ancient I know) and whenever I boot from the Live CD (Kubuntu 10.10) it boots up in 800x600 (as far as I can tell that's what it is). This would be a problem however it simplely leaves a huge black column on the right side and has a partially duplicated desktop below it.
When I go to display settings it won't let me change to a higher resolution (1024x768 is what the iBook natively runs at).
This is an iBook G3.
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Mar 19, 2011
i just installed opensuse yesterday and it's very nice. i wanted to install the driver for my ati mobility radeon hd 5470, so i followed the steps on:SDB:ATI drivers - openSUSEunfortunately, after the reboot, opensuse had booted but there was nothing on my screen (basically, just a blank screen)
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