[xubuntu-users] video problem after installation on DVD

[Luke Van Dervoort]

dude, sorry about the chemo. Mine went like a breeze this year. That
chemical must be nasty.

Anyhow, here's a thought. Do you have a pc keyboard around somewhere?  I'm
thinking if you plug that in a long with the mac keyboard you might be able
to switch to another tty to see what your doing. Tty is usual ctrl-alt-f1
through about f8

Have you tried a later version of xubuntu?

I installed ubuntu on a mac mini about the same age, can't remember how I
did it ...

On Jan 5, 2018 10:49 PM, "Jim Graham" <spooky130u at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am in the process of upgrading my Mac mini (mid-2011) from OS X Lion
> (10.7.5) to Xubuntu, and I'm running into problems that I also faced with
> regular Ubuntu, only with a slight change.  But first, details on what
> and how:
>
> 1) Mac mini (mid-2011) basic config:
>    Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core I7  (dual core)
>    Memory: 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
>    Graphics:  AMD Radeon HD 6630M 256 MB
>    Software: OS X Lion (10.7.5)
>
>
> 2) Burned the current xubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64.iso image (verified
>    via md5) to my mini's "Superdrive" CDR/DVDR drive, which was also
>    verified.
>
> 3) Booted using Refit boot menu (the one that works on my Mac) and chose
>    said DVD, for which the icon was the usual Linux penguin and the text
>    said something along the lines of "Boot Linux from DVD".  With the
>    plain Ubuntu, it never showed the icon and only referred to "legacy
>    OS".
>
> At that point, I saw what I hadn't seen before, either, again, the
> penguin (Tux ... but not my cat Tux).  That stayed there for several
> seconds, and then I got what I'm gettting sick of seeing:  a blank
> screen that stays blank, and the only way out is the power cord.
>
> I have read that, at least for the Unity version of Ubuntu, the graphics
> card's drivers probably need to be installed, and I'm guessing, for now,
> that this is also the case.  However, the posts in AskUbuntu that I read
> about that also showed that by pressing either the down or right arrow,
> a menu (text) would appear.  It doesn't.
>
> So if we assume that the drivers ARE the problem, how do I install the
> drivers when I can't see what I'm doing, and Mac OS X can't read the
> iso file (only burn it to CD/DVD or use dd to copy it to a drive)?
>
> Or, does the lack of any menu showing up after an arrow key mean
> something bigger and worse is going on?
>
> If anyone has any suggestions on how to solve this, please let me know.
> If I hadn't already cut it all off, I'd be tearing my air out right now
> (cancer #1's final chemo left it very thin and gray, so I finally just
> shaved it off recently).
>
> Thanks,
>    --jim
>
> PS:  There was once at time, before cancer #1 included 3 brain tumors,
>      3 very severe brain surgeries to remove said tumors, and
>      whole-brain/max-dose radiation therapy ... and severe chemotherapy
>      with Cisplatin (aka Platinol), aka, "100% pure distilled evil in
>      an IV bag") that I would have been done with this several days ago,
>      but all of that has really taken its toll on my ability to work
>      with issues like this.  So again, thanks in advance!
>
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