Blank screen while running Precise 5.4.2

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Blank screen while running Precise 5.4.2

#1 Post by gosom »

I own a packard bell dot s laptop wiht atom 3600 and gma 3600 graphics.

I am trying to boot puppy 5.4.2 from the usb and afte loading the nessesarry , instead of showing the desktop I get a blank screen.

I tried some boot options but nothing chages.

ANy help?

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#2 Post by dk60902 »

What happens when you press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace? You may get a screen that looks like a terminal. Then, type "xorgwizard" without the quotation marks at the #prompt, selected the appropriate screen resolution. Then, type "xwin" without quotations at the # prompt.
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black screens with latest Pups

#3 Post by davids45 »

G'day gosom,

It is happening with a few systems and very recent Pups.

Read through the link and its following posts:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... &start=108

You could try some of the fix suggestions or wait for more analyses of the problem(s) for a certain fix.

Older Pups are worth trying if you want something running on your computer more quickly.

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#4 Post by gosom »

dk60902 wrote:What happens when you press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace? You may get a screen that looks like a terminal. Then, type "xorgwizard" without the quotation marks at the #prompt, selected the appropriate screen resolution. Then, type "xwin" without quotations at the # prompt.

Nothing..the computer just freezes.

I have tried all the suggested solutions

This also happens in debian testing, ubuntu, lubuntu newset slackware.

I am sure it has to do with GMA 3600 intel and specific kernels.


How I can disable all modules during boot?

puppy nomodeset ?

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