Hi. I currently have 11.2 installed on my Dell Optiplex sx270. This desktop pc has Intel chips and cards all the way. When I boot the KDE live cd for 11.3, my monitor goes into sleep mode before the desktop loads. If I wait long enough, I will eventually hear the open music, but I still have no screen. This is not a new problem - 11.2 is one of the only OS’s that I have been able to install on this system. I was aware that this could happen from the release notes, but I really hoped it wouldn’t. I am a noob and need commands for further info to be posted. Please help me. I want to be updated and really fell in love with 11.2.
p.s. my plan had been to boot the live cd and do a fresh install from the desktop. I’ve had such bad luck installing linux operating systems because of this Intel ****.
I have the Intel 865G Integrated Graphics Controller.
I am seeing the same problem. I have a brand new system with onboard graphics ATI HD 4200.
I can login with failsafe choice from boot menu and get in - it brings me to the KDM screen where I can pick my username or login as root. Failsafe does not do what I expect and bring me to the init/runlevel 3 login - it brings me to the init 5 one which appears to naturally be fully enabled. I wsa able to run YAST, choose repos and update the system. I can not launch the X - configure process as X is already running. I chose to have the system Auto-configure after the install process which was very distressing to have it proceed/complete without any live screen. I will try to edit manually the startup process and make it runlevel 3 and try the X -configure.
Well, I tried just booting the installer. Of course that went to blank screen too. I can’t get it installed to try to fix it.
I don’t know what to do. it’s getting to the point that I won’t be able to have a linux OS because either my config gets blacklisted (Ubuntu/Debian) or on update i’m screwed (OpenSuse, DreamLinux 4.0 beta which previously worked just did the same thing to me too).
Well, X -configure creates an xorg.conf.new file but with the same problem. The screen is completely black. I can change the resolution with ctrl-alt-+ , but it changes the resolution of a black screen. I think I’m missing something here, but I will keep trying.
Hi everyone, this is my first post and of course I have an issue… posting from my Windows7 right now, would have liked to just tryout opensuse 11.3 instead.
I believe i have the same issue, system boots only in failsafe mode, if i boot standard mode I see the green background for a second then the screen turns black! The system is running normally. I can shut it down by pressing the power button. I “just” don’t see anything, which is quite annoying, since I’ve been looking forward to the release of 11.3 for a long time (especially with the announcement of better support for the latest Intel hardware) and my latest “try” to install Ubuntu 10.04 (because this resulted in the same problem: installation ok, but black screen).
Hardware: Thinkpad x201 Intel Core i5, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD
This is my third Linux installation and I am quite a Linux-newbie (though quite advanced in the Windows-world, but that is useles here )
Only thing I did to try get it fixed is running X -configure (again), but I expect that happened already during installation. It ran successfully, but that didn’t help either.
I must say that this is quite a disappointing experience, the hardware is not that new. And even the installation runs normally with native resolution (well, so is failsafe mode). What am I missing in failsafe mode? Eye-Candy?
Any more suggestions about how to get the installation to run normally in standard (not failsafe) mode? I’d really like to use a linux-based system with my hardware fully supported, using failsafe mode makes me feel like I have failed (well, to be honest I have if I don’t get it running).
LeChuckie: I have only been able to get 9.04 to work on my machine. I’ve had blank screen issues with 9.10, 10.04, AND 10.10. FYI OpenSuse 11.3 is giving me the same problems (11.2 is works like a charm though). I’ve been trying various workarounds and fixes for the last month. I am so very very tired of this. IT really is almost enough to go back to windows - and if as it looks like I will be unable to run ANY updated Linux OS, I may have to.
Thanks for the info. It is quite annoying that this doesn’t work, especially when you are saying that 11.2 worked fine for you. I mean, why would an advanced release support less hardware, what is the point? I will also keep trying and searching. Let’s keeo ourselves posted. I want to use a linux-system! Only beeing able to use Windows sucks… I am a sysadmin so some Linux-skills are quite essential.
Sorry I meant 9.04 Ubuntu(works), 10.04, 10.10 ubuntu (doesn’t work). 11.2 OpenSuse works, 11.3 does not. 3.5 DreamLinux works, 4.0 beta does not. Fedora, Linux Mint, Debian, none of those work for me. PCLinuxOS, currently works. A roller coaster ride to say the least. The only reasoning for the problems I can find is the Intel chipsets and cards.
Messed around with the config files of xorg for the last hour but didn’t get it to run. it can’t be that hard, the system just needs a proper xorg configuration. can’t someone just post some good explaining examples of how to set up the different config files (screen, monitor, device… etc.). this is key to success.
Got it working, not sure what was wrong (something to do with the video driver) but when I installed the proprietary driver from ATI with great deal of help from the Forums, I was able to get this working. Try searching in this forum for Blank Screen. Those with ATI Video cards might follow this link: openSUSE Lizards » ATI HD57xxx fglrx drivers under 11.3
I gather that this is an old problem that crops up. I used to fire up sax2 and get it sorted if there was any trouble but that is no longer the case. Good luck everyone!
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> Sorry I meant 9.04 Ubuntu(works), 10.04, 10.10 ubuntu (doesn’t work).
> 11.2 OpenSuse works, 11.3 does not. 3.5 DreamLinux works, 4.0 beta
> does not. Fedora, Linux Mint, Debian, none of those work for me.
> PCLinuxOS, currently works. A roller coaster ride to say the least.
> The only reasoning for the problems I can find is the Intel chipsets
> and cards.
You must report this problem in Bugzilla.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” GM (Minas Tirith))
It is clear to me that the problem described by myself above and also described by others is not hardware specific, rather it is related to how the system is detecting and setting up the suitable video drivers to work with X. As a longtime user of Linux there might be some kind of history there. If you search for “Blank Screen” in this Forum you get many seemingly unrelated issues that when you drill down through them, point to the underlying problem or a possible solution. In my case by sidestepping the included drivers with an installation of the ATI driver I was able to get it working - the ATI Catalyst Control Centre allows me to configure the X parameters correctly - which was in my opinion the whole problem.
Retracing my steps I was able to reconstruct much of what I went through yesterday to figure out what worked and what appears to be the problem. As usual, someone else has already experienced it (and resolved it) we just needed to find the solution that fit our circumstances.
Some of these solutions are very challenging, some very simple. I really liked the way it is set up in steps. “The Third thing to try” was where I could have stopped and continued to use the installation Xorg.conf file (this seemed to work fine) - but I chose to go the whole hog and try the ATI driver install in all it’s “hairyness”. YMMV, but the point is that this approach works and is not hardware specific or even 11.3 specific.
Guys it would really help if you posted the type and model of the video cards having problems. Are they old depericiated cards or are they cutting edge super cards.
