Black screen after Kubuntu loader

[jesusffs]

My system is hanging after using the DVD installer, it has completed kubuntu installation it seems and after loading kubuntu I see a quick screen which appears to be loading ubuntu, then a few weird high pitched noises from the computer and it's hanging on a black screen :X Tried switching the DVI input to VGA and the same thing, rebooted a few times and the same result.

I'm installing LinuxMCE on a box with 3 SATA drives, 1 which has XP loaded already, and 2 which are for storage. The 20gb PATA drive is the installation drive, and yes is set in BIOS as default loader (it's also Primary master). When i boot into windows to check out how the PATA drive w/ the partially loaded LinuxMCE is doing, windows doesn't recognize the drive and Partition Magic shows "BAD" on the drive...any help???

PS: yes the HD is okay, I used it in my last system config for 6+ months with no issues

[danielmayer]

Hi!
Try a Live-CD to boot from and mount your root-device (e.g. mount /dev/hda1 /mnt). Look up in (/mnt)/var/log/ the log files, most likely "messages". It will only show the modules that loaded and the last one with the error.
Post it, we may be of help then.

edit: some more information about your hardware may be helpful, too... GPU, which HDD is what channel&controller?, Installed Kubuntu on which hdd (as shown in windows management, e.g. "SATA 0/1/2/3") and what partition (primary, logical,..), Raid?, chipset mainboard are the most important.

[pnauta]

Apart from pointing to the Wiki (easy answer) you could try to see whether it simply can't understand your video setup.  That happened to me with a nForce 630a and it's onboard Nvidia 7050 card.  Try, before booting, to specify VGA in safe mode.  Those beeping noises are the AVWizard, try pressing left shift for a a couple of seconds, and it may just display it for you.  Go for the most basic of settings, that might help you along.  Otherwise, press ALT-F2 or so, to get into a text console.

[posterberg]

I've the same problem, trying to resolve it in this thread http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=3500.0.

The Envy solution didn't work for me...

[pclark36]

I just press escape, it goes back to the router login, and works just fine after that. 

[Ngiri]

I get the same problem and pressing escape also works during the initial setup of the MD.  However, later when I reboot the MD, all I get is a screen continually alternating between blank and the last run command which is the time and "Helper Script End."

If I hit any keys I end up with a login prompt which I could use to attempt to troubleshoot things if I knew what the default login and password were.

[Ngiri]

I traded the GeForce 4 for a 7600GS, deleted the MD from the core (admin screens) and set it up all over again.  This time everything is happy.