Dell D510: Live works ok, install does not.

Hi

Sorry if someone has already answered something similar but I did spend time looking through the forum for a solution.

I have a Dell D510 laptop. Xubuntu 12.10 Live works fine. So I figured I would do an install.

The install finishes, I take the cd out of the drive and awy it goes and reboots.

Then I just get a black screen. Nothing at all appears on the screen.

I have tried to get a console open, nothing.

Any other things I should try?

Paul

Ok have now tried a different D510 and get exactly the same problem.

Works fine in live mode. Once installed I just get a black screen.

Have checked disk for defects - no problems.
Have checked memory - no problems.

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Originally Posted by stm_tech

Ok have now tried a different D510 and get exactly the same problem.

Works fine in live mode. Once installed I just get a black screen.

Have checked disk for defects - no problems.
Have checked memory - no problems.

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Hi ,

have you marked the box "Install 3rd party software" during installation ?
If yes , then try to install again , without mark this box.

Thanks

from the live cd, can you issue the following so we can see what graphics card you have?

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lspci

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OR

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lshw

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Sounds like a graphics driver issue, I hate to see this bug happening to so many new users.

Could you try Lubuntu and see if that works?