Adrian_Verster
March 21st, 2014, 06:34 PM
I'm installing Ubuntu 13.10 on my Acer aspire V5-472 in UEFI mode, and I've completely wiped the windows partition off. Everything installs fine, except that the screen stays blank after install - I can tell its at least partly on because if I increase the brightness the screen brightens but stays blank. Furthermore the computer is booting because if I plug in a monitor, it works and I can log in and use the computer.
One thing I've tried doing is booting with 'nomodeset' option. This briefly shows the ubuntu logo while booting, but then kicks me into a command line version. I can log in and if I try to use 'startx' but it tells me there are no screens or displays available. However, if I instead install Ubuntu in Legacy mode instead of UEFI, I get basically the same problems, except that 'nomodeset' allows me to load Ubuntu. Here the external monitor won't work and I cannot adjust screen brightness - I assume this is because nomodeset disables a lot of graphics drivers?
Any help to understanding why I'm getting a blank display on my laptop screen, but not the external monitor would be a huge help!
Adrian
One thing I've tried doing is booting with 'nomodeset' option. This briefly shows the ubuntu logo while booting, but then kicks me into a command line version. I can log in and if I try to use 'startx' but it tells me there are no screens or displays available. However, if I instead install Ubuntu in Legacy mode instead of UEFI, I get basically the same problems, except that 'nomodeset' allows me to load Ubuntu. Here the external monitor won't work and I cannot adjust screen brightness - I assume this is because nomodeset disables a lot of graphics drivers?
Any help to understanding why I'm getting a blank display on my laptop screen, but not the external monitor would be a huge help!
Adrian