[xubuntu-users] White Screen at CD boot

[Wee Dram]

Benjamin,

Yes I think that something is definitely happening with acpi=off. I wish I
could pause the process as it progresses because when the process is
visible I can definitely see a list of 'successful' steps and at least one
'fail' before the screen goes black. Actually, for an instant before it goes
black and stays that way, there is a flash of scrambled colour in a narrow
band across the screen.

I tried Ctrl+Alt+F1 at several places in the process (re-starting for each)
but had no success at getting to a login prompt.

 

According to my notes from attempts done several days ago, though, at one
point in one attempt I got the message "You are leaving the graphical boot
menu and starting the text mode interface."  However, I can't seem to
replicate this using the steps I took as written down before. And another
'however' is that if I DO manage to get back to this point, I wouldn't know
what to do!

I'll continue to try various permutations of commands.

Thanks for your help so far.

Cheers, 

Ross

 

From: xubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:xubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Benjamin
Shadwick
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 3:36 PM
To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions
Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] White Screen at CD boot

 

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:00 AM, <xubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com>
wrote:

First, I forgot to mentioned that I was trying to install Xubuntu 12.04.4
desktop i386. 

When I tried Benjamin's suggestion (acpi=off), a black screen with Xubuntu
on it appeared, along with a series of white dots showing, I guess, progress
in loading the program. This was followed eventually by some on-screen text
that went by too quickly to read. Then the screen went black and that was
the end of that. Fred's suggestion resulted once again in a white screen. 


Seeing the Xubuntu-with-dots screen is a good sign. It sounds like you may
have multiple issues, and that acpi=off peeled one layer off of the onion.

With acpi=off, does Ctrl+Alt+F1 get you to a text login prompt when the
white screen appears? If so, you may be able to try installing updates
and/or nVidia proprietary drivers.

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