Can't Install Ubuntu 10.04 because screen goes black

[oldfred]

I have nvidia and my monitor went to standby & had to do this:
boot from the cd, press F6 and then select the nomodeset option.
(I acutally edited my grub.cfg as I use grub2 to directly boot ISO on USB, or in USB's syslinux.cfg or text.cfg)
then
On first boot after install, press e on getting the GRUB bootloader.
Using arrow keys navigate to and delete quiet and splash and type the word nomodeset in their place
Press Ctrl and X to boot (low graphics mode)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bi...erHowto/Nvidia
After I installed nvidia driver (default from pop up) then it has worked without issue.
gksudo nvidia-settings
sudo nvidia-xconfig
Or it should be in System>administration>Hardware drivers.

Some other settings:
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/...up-workaround/
* Older Intel video card: i915.modeset=1 or i915.modeset=0
* nVidia: nomodeset
* Generic: xforcevesa
* Radeon: radeon.modeset=0

if you've got an i8xx Intel chipset, then the usual fix is to either add i915.modeset=1 or i915.modeset=0 to your boot
Other workarounds:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2010/05/...up-workaround/

Lucid 10.04 KMS advanced settings:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/KernelModeSetting
# Nvidia (this should revert you to using -nv or -vesa):
echo options nouveau modeset=0 > /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf

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[rodronin]

Thanks the 'F6'-Button solution worked out fine, but now I got another issue going on. I installed Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS and the installation completed without errors.

What should i do now, if my screen is still turning black after i have installed it? I can't get to the logon-screen, it's just a black screen with a '_' blinking and then after 10 seconds it goes away. My monitor goes standby and nothing happens. I waited about 20 minutes, but still nothing .. i shut down, and tried it again, but everytime the same issue.


I don't know what i should do know, because the "boot from cd" option also doesn't work. I'm totally finished, because I tried this now 7 times

[oldfred]

Do you get the grub menu?

If so press e on the menu and scroll down to the kernel or linux line and change quiet splash to nomodeset.

Once booted in low graphics mode it should after about a minute or two offer to install the nvidia driver.