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Mint USB boots black screen (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hello, not much of a Linux user (situations like this are why)...but long story short, I'm trying to rehab a ROG PC from 2018.

I made a bootable USB of the current Mint distro, but booting leads to a black screen. I tried compatibility mode, but the boot process hangs on "EFI stub: Measured initrd data into PCR 9"

The PC came with an Nvidia 2080, but it's actually a 980ti. Also there isn't integrated graphics here. Any troubleshooting advice would be cool

Update: if I select recovery mode then 'resume normal boot', Mint 21 works. However, this computer will be a gift to a tech-illiterate person, so that level of input will not suffice. I installed the recommended (and correct) Nvidia driver, but the results are the same

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[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm assuming there's no way to bundle a driver into the install?

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It probably already has the necessary drivers, but there's just some configuration issue.

See if using nomodeset helps. If you can get it working well enough to be able to install and boot Mint, you can then troubleshoot the problem.

You also mentioned having similar problems with Ubuntu. Consider giving LMDE a try. It stands for Linux Mint Debian Edition, and should have similar user experience as normal Mint. Normal Mint is based on Ubuntu.

[–] LazerDickMcCheese@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

'nomodeset' didn't so anything for me. At the request of another user, I successfully got into system rescues desktop environment