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Installing dual boot mode almost done when screen just went blank. now won't boot at all.

Asked by John Galt

I've got a Toshiba laptop and I was installing Ubuntu 11.10 from a USB stick in dual boot mode. Everything seemed to be going fine as I got to the last step of installation. Then the screen just suddenly went blank. I left it for an hour thinking it might still be installing, but finally realized nothing was happening.

I tried to reboot and nothing. The laptop appears to turn on, but the screen is blank, no text, splash screen, prompt or anything. I tried it with and without the USB stick in it. I tried a liveCD and the CD started to run, but nothing on the screen, then the CD stopped.

Anyone know what's going on here?

Thanks,
John

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What video chip do you use?
Does the system have a make and model?

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John Galt (johngalt80) said : 		#2

The video chip is an ATI Radeon, tho I don't have the model. My OS is Vista.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Try the boot option:

nomodeset

May help

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John Galt (johngalt80) said : 		#4

Unfortunately, I have no way to enter any command. Right now, my laptop is a brick, thanks to some flaw in the installation process.

Has no one had this problem?

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John Galt (johngalt80) said : 		#5

Ok, fixed it!

I connected an external monitor to see if my laptop's monitor had gone bad or what. Sure enough, the Bios info and Windows started up. I disconnected the external monitor and weirdly enough, the laptop's monitor suddenly turned on.

The computer wanted to do a chkdsk, which I let it run and now it's back to normal.

The Ubuntu install must've tweaked the video drivers or something. Anyway, guess I'll try again (fingers crossed).