Dwijesh Gajadur composed on 2015-11-18 09:22 (UTC+0400): > After installing Jessie and after booting, I don't get any display. > In fact I tried to install Jessie twice trying different things.
> The first time I installed Jessie, I chose a desktop environment(XFCE). > After installing and booting, I got a distorted image and everything > blocked I could neither type anything to log in nor move the cursor. > So I decided to re-install Jessie. This time I did not choose any desktop > environment. I wanted to see if I can atleast get access to the console. > However this time after installing and booting, I got a totally black > screen. > My video card is a PCI ATI Rage 128 32 MB. See full specification on the > link below: > http://jaceycomputer.com/jaceyweb/jacey/ProductData/ati_128pci.html > However I don't think there is a problem with the video card as before > installing Jessie I was using Debian Wheezy and I was able to get a display > with Wheezy by inserting 'nomodeset' in the GRUB. And I also have windows 7 > installed on the same pc and it is working properly. > However I do think the problem is caused by missing drivers for the video > card. But the problem is that I am not getting access to the console so > that I can install the required drivers. > I am only getting access to the Grub. Is there a way I can get access to > the console by editing and modifying the grub?? What happens if in the boot time Grub menu you edit the stanza's kernel cmdline (strike e while menu is onscreen) to include vga=788 or vga=normal? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
