xubuntu 17 works from live cd but after install - a black square on 90% of desktop
I have installed xubuntu 17 on an old HP 530 laptop (which was before running windows vista). The problem that I have with the installation is the following. When I run Xubuntu 17 from a live CD ("Try" mode). My screen resolution is detected normally, the picture is sharp and clean. But when I perform the install, after login I have a weird effect of having a black square, filling around 90% of the screen (top left) - and underneath the system seems to work perfectly, and the uncovered part of the screen (a strip on the right and on the bottom) looks normal. But there is no way to remove the black part of the desktop, and with movement of the mouse the part seems to be filling with some very scrambled characters. They appear also during boot, right before the login.
How can I get the Live CD "Try" settings to work with the installed Xubuntu???
I tried to look for various post like "black screen after login" but nothing quite describes my case. In recovery mode system boots but the image is blurry and distorted (forced down to 1024x...). One more thing. Inserting nomodeset into boot config, also boots xubuntu into this lower blurred resolution, but then no way to convince the system to try switching to 1280x800 (which is the correct resolution for this machine)
I'm puzzled....
Re: xubuntu 17 works from live cd but after install - a black square on 90% of desk
Is your version of Xubuntu 17.04 or 17.10?
It could make a huge difference and we need as much info as possible.
Can you also tell us as much as you can about the hardware in that old HP 530 laptop.
Re: xubuntu 17 works from live cd but after install - a black square on 90% of desk
Hello
First. Thanks for replying. My version of xubuntu is 17.10. My hardware is quite dated, here I paste some specs (however I run now in safe mode and display resolution is not accurate - normally it is 1280x800:
-Computer-
Processor : Intel(R) Celeron(R) M CPU 530 @ 1.73GHz
Memory : 2052MB (832MB used)
Machine Type : Notebook
Operating System : Ubuntu 17.10
Date/Time : sob, 28 paź 2017, 13:43:21
-Display-
Resolution : 1024x768 pixels
OpenGL Renderer : llvmpipe (LLVM 5.0, 128 bits)
X11 Vendor : The X.Org Foundation
-Audio Devices-
Audio Adapter : HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
-Input Devices-
Sleep Button
Lid Switch
Power Button
AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
Video Bus
SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad
HP WMI hotkeys
HDA Intel Mic
HDA Intel Headphone
-Printers-
No printers found
-Storage-
-SCSI Disks-
TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632H
ATA FUJITSU MHZ2120B
The graphic card is integrated - more details:
-PCI Devices-
Host bridge : Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
VGA compatible controller : Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Display controller : Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
Re: xubuntu 17 works from live cd but after install - a black square on 90% of desk
If I remember correctly, problems have been reported also with previous versions of Ubuntu with the Intel Corporation Mobile 945GSE Express Integrated Graphics. I think some of them were solved after installing xserver-xorg-video-intel
Code:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install xserver-xorg-video-intel
and rebooting.
It is worth trying, but I don't know if it will solve your problem.
Re: xubuntu 17 works from live cd but after install - a black square on 90% of desk
Good possible catch sudodus.
I had that exact problem on an old Intel Atom netbook which booted to a totally black screen and I had to boot using nomodeset option then install that missing xorg package. I think it was Lubuntu 14.04 that was hardest hit by the problem, but once you knew how, it was easily solved.
Re: xubuntu 17 works from live cd but after install - a black square on 90% of desk
Thank you for the suggestions!
@Sudodus - I think I already have this driver, but somehow it does not work after the command I got: "xserver-xorg-video-intel is already the newest version (2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1)."
Do you have any other suggestion what to do?
Thanks!
Re: xubuntu 17 works from live cd but after install - a black square on 90% of desk
If you click the old hardware link in my signature and search the text for 'uxa' there is some advice. Does it help?
Re: xubuntu 17 works from live cd but after install - a black square on 90% of desk
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Originally Posted by
mörgæs
If you click the old hardware link in my signature and search the text for 'uxa' there is some advice. Does it help?
+1
Yes, uxa acceleration would be the next thing to try.