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Post by alucard on Jan 25, 2022 13:46:18 GMT
Hello,
I wrote in the discord, but I was told, here could I get better help.
I wantet to install Bodhi to my notebook, but I had issues after the installetion. It said, I should restart, but after that a black screen remained.
What have I done?
I downloaded Bodhi from official website, made md5 check and made a stick with Rufus using dd.
On my notebook I installed, but got the problem.
Booting live from USB didn't work.
Other USB had same problem.
Same problem on other notebook with exact the same hardware.
Then I tried other Linux, but with these, I even was not able to boot into the setup. Here I got the black screen immediately.
My computer is a Panasonic CF-29 MK5 with Pentium M 1,6Ghz and 1,5GB Ram.
With Linux I am absolute new and have no experience. Only used windows.
I hope you can help me to run it.
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enigma9o7
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Post by enigma9o7 on Jan 25, 2022 15:25:02 GMT
I belive this system is 32-bit, which means you need bodhi legacy, is that what you tried?
It's a little bit confusing cuz the beginning implies you were able to install, but then when you rebooted you got black screen. But later you mention "Booting live from USB didn't work". So I'm not sure how you even ran the installer if booting live didn't work.
Assuming you actually were able to install Bodhi, on the grub menu (before you boot) is a safe video mode or something like that, did you try that one? The grub menu may not present itself if Bodhi is the only OS, so you have to hit Esc at just the right time....
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Post by alucard on Jan 25, 2022 15:48:27 GMT
Yes, I used Legacy.
I dont know the exactly terms.
For me is booting to have a usable system.
To the menu, where I can choose install, check Ram, run Bodhi etc. I come without any problem. But if I start Bodhi I get the black screen. Also tried the lite version, but same result. Only install works until reboot. Then I get the black screen.
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Post by oblio on Jan 25, 2022 16:34:29 GMT
Has the PC been confirmed to run with any OS recently?
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Post by alucard on Jan 25, 2022 16:40:16 GMT
Yes. On another harddrive I have Windows XP. This is running without any issues.
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Post by oblio on Jan 25, 2022 16:46:02 GMT
Possibly a bad drive then?
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Post by alucard on Jan 25, 2022 16:51:02 GMT
Can't be, because I tested 2 different.
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mdiemer
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Post by mdiemer on Jan 25, 2022 17:05:23 GMT
This could be a video driver issue, which would be difficult if not impossible to correct. As enigma pointed out, try booting into safe mode. Also, you should try installing the newly released 32 bit version. I tried looking up the computer, but it's unclear if it is 32 bit or 64 bit. It is certainly old, and the 32 bit version is more likely to work.
If Bodhi won't work on it, try Puppy Linux.
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Stella
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Post by Stella on Jan 26, 2022 13:33:49 GMT
I wondered if it was video driver as well. In the past when I've had issues (and this is not that scientific but has worked for me) - I've wiped the drive and tried again. Filled it with zeros. In case it is a grub/MBR issue. Many years ago I found if I installed Linux Mint on anything, nothing else would install on it afterwards! Until I wiped the MBR.
So you could try that - wipe the drive and reinstall using the latest 32 bit legacy version. Tbh I have found Bodhi runs on anything - but ....
Could you burn a dvd instead of usb to install? If having problems installing from usb that usually does the trick - no idea why but I haven't been able to install via usb since bodhi 3. Apparently the solution was to make the usb using the terminal rather than the usual methods - I just make a dvd instead.
If you wipe the drive and install from dvd and still get black screen then yes sounds like a video driver issue. Rather than install - select live first - let it load up live and then install from there (install button appears).
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