[clug-talk] Black screen on boot mint 7 noob

[Gustin Johnson]

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simon at mungewell.org wrote:
> Hi Robin,
> There is probably a problem with the X video driver locking up with your
> ATI card.
> 
> I would suggest that you will want to get the 'official'(non-free) ATI
> drivers, which can be got through the restricted driver manager.... which
> unfortunately is a graphical app (chicken and egg problem).
> 
Actually, his device is supported by the radeonhd driver which is not
proprietary.  The fglrx driver is for older ATI devices.

> You can force X to use the VESA driver (just to get something working) by
> editing the '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' file and adding/changing the following
> section and then install the ATI drivers.
> --
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
> 	Driver		"vesa"
> EndSection
> --
> 
> Hope this is enough to get you going,
> Simon.

Iirc Mint is a Ubuntu derivative and directly editing the xorg.conf
usually does not work anymore.

I would try running the Ubuntu Live CD first, and then work from there.
I would also suggest that he perhaps try the x64 version or the x86
edition, depending on which one he just tried.

I have no direct experience with Mint so I am not sure what to suggest
next.
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