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Black screen during boot
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2015, 09:35:44 PM »
 

Rogue Willie

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I installed the full version about 2 weeks ago and everything has been good. Now when I boot all I get is a black screen with the mouse cursor present and working. After reading an earlier post on the same topic I did the following. It is dual boot system with the windows side working fine.

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linux@linux:~$ inxi -Fxz
System:    Host: linux Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.2)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.11.8 (Gtk 2.24.23) Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   Mobo: ASUSTeK model: P4B533VM version: REV 1.xx Bios: Award version: ASUS P4B533-VM 1008 date: 03/14/2003
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-UP-) cache: 512 KB flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 5623.44 clocked at 2811.722 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on NV34 GLX Version: 1.5 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card: Intel 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
           driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: a800 a400 bus-ID: 00:1f.5
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network:   Card: Intel 82801DB PRO/100 VE (CNR) Ethernet Controller
           driver: e100 ver: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI port: b800 bus-ID: 02:08.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 88.0GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD800JB size: 80.0GB temp: 25C
           2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: Cruzer size: 8.0GB temp: 0C
Partition: ID: / size: 1008M used: 37M (4%) fs: overlayfs ID: swap-1 size: 2.15GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   None detected - is lm-sensors installed and configured?
Info:      Processes: 150 Uptime: 3 min Memory: 222.1/2016.0MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.11) inxi: 1.9.17
linux@linux:~$ sudo os -prober
sudo: os: command not found
linux@linux:~$ sudo os-prober
/dev/sda1:Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition:Windows:chain
/dev/sda5:Linux Lite 2.4 (14.04):Ubuntu:linux
linux@linux:~$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA WDC WD800JB-00ET (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
 1      32.3kB  31.5GB  31.5GB  primary   ntfs            boot
 2      31.5GB  80.0GB  48.6GB  extended
 5      31.5GB  77.9GB  46.4GB  logical   ext4
 6      77.9GB  80.0GB  2146MB  logical   linux-swap(v1)

Error: Invalid partition table - recursive partition on /dev/sdb.         
Ignore/Cancel? i                                                         
Model: SanDisk Cruzer (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 8004MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start  End  Size  Type  File system  Flags
 

 

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