kostas5
August 16th, 2013, 10:29 AM
I was wondering if anyone could help with this.
I installed 12.04 in a VAIO laptop using a bootable usb stick. The installation process seemed to work right. After I got the "remove installation media and press enter" message, I could not boot into 12.04. I just get a black screen with a blinking pixel cursor. Moreover, I now cannot seem to be able to boot from the same usb stick or even run 12.04 live. All I get is a black screen.
Things I tried:
1. It is unlikely that this was caused by errors in the installation medium. I used exactly the same bootable usb stick to successfully install and boot 12.04 in another laptop.
2. Some people pointed this out: http://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it/162078#162078
However I am not sure how the solutions suggested there apply to my case, as I am not trying to install 12.04 but have already installed it, but cannot boot it at all. The proposed solution to boot in nomodeset mode does not work for me. I tried pressing Shift after starting the computer (pressed many times fast, held shift down, etc) but I cannot get the Grub menu as suggested by the solution.
Any ideas?
I installed 12.04 in a VAIO laptop using a bootable usb stick. The installation process seemed to work right. After I got the "remove installation media and press enter" message, I could not boot into 12.04. I just get a black screen with a blinking pixel cursor. Moreover, I now cannot seem to be able to boot from the same usb stick or even run 12.04 live. All I get is a black screen.
Things I tried:
1. It is unlikely that this was caused by errors in the installation medium. I used exactly the same bootable usb stick to successfully install and boot 12.04 in another laptop.
2. Some people pointed this out: http://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it/162078#162078
However I am not sure how the solutions suggested there apply to my case, as I am not trying to install 12.04 but have already installed it, but cannot boot it at all. The proposed solution to boot in nomodeset mode does not work for me. I tried pressing Shift after starting the computer (pressed many times fast, held shift down, etc) but I cannot get the Grub menu as suggested by the solution.
Any ideas?