ubuntu ??? motre like un"boot"tu !

[onis_uk]

i'm trying to boot into Linux to test out some mining..but i've tried the cd, it boots and then i get a black screen and blinking cursor...
so i tried the bootable usb way, it gets the the ubuntu logo screen and then goes to a black screen and that's all ?!?! 

any ideas ?!?!
cheers

[ryepdx]

Are you using 32-bit or 64-bit? Is it compatible with your hardware?

I ran into problems getting 32-bit Ubuntu to recognize more that 4 GPUs which lead to booting problems, but that was after the install.

[onis_uk]

I went for the 32 bit flavour because it said "recommended" even though i've got a x64 i7 !!! ....... im wondering if its a gfx card problem ?!?! if so how do i get round that ?!

[JayC]

I went for the 32 bit flavour because it said "recommended" even though i've got a x64 i7 !!! ....... im wondering if its a gfx card problem ?!?! if so how do i get round that ?!

Try the x64 version and see if it works.  Probably not a graphical problem.

[hollajandro]

If you are still having problems..when the machine starts to boot into grub, press tab as it starts in and edit the entry to boot linux...remove quiet and nosplash and then add nomodset. Ubuntu sometimes tries to load the ati driver when it is not properly installed for some reason. Doing this will allow you to get into the console and install the right packages before X starts and hangs again.

[onis_uk]

I went for the 32 bit flavour because it said "recommended" even though i've got a x64 i7 !!! ....... im wondering if its a gfx card problem ?!?! if so how do i get round that ?!

Try the x64 version and see if it works.  Probably not a graphical problem.

was a gfx card issue ! took out my big card and put in a crappy old hd3450 (my back up card) and it boots up fine !
how odd 

[psychok9]

Have you tried Ubuntu 11.04?
Try the newer GPU with nomodeset option hollajandro as you said.
Sometimes the new GPUs have compatibility issues.

nomodeset
The newest kernels have moved the video mode setting into the kernel. So all the programming of the hardware specific clock rates and registers on the video card happen in the kernel rather than in the X driver when the X server starts.. This makes it possible to have high resolution nice looking splash (boot) screens and flicker free transitions from boot splash to login screen. Unfortunately, on some cards this doesnt work properly and you end up with a black screen. Adding the nomodeset parameter instructs the kernel to not load video drivers and use BIOS modes instead until X is loaded.

Note that this option is sometimes needed for nVidia cards when using the default "nouveau" drivers. Installing proprietary nvidia drivers usually makes this option no longer necessary, so it may not be needed to make this option permanent, just for one boot until you installed the nvidia drivers.
source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132

[error]

If you're trying to get the Catalyst drivers to work, you'll want to add something like:

Code:

radeon.modeset=0

The Catalyst package for Ubuntu SHOULD do this automatically, but since it's Ubuntu...