Linux Mint 19 Tara: New install AMD driver woes and Bluetooth and WIFI... oh my

Originally Posted by JeremyBoden I would totally remove the GPU - what does the sticker on your PSU claim for its power rating? Try the motherboards built-in video card again.

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I took the GPU all the way out and the screen came on! I have the MSI click bios 5 screen up.

It shows the temp, settings, overclock settings, Arsenal gaming logo large and up front, M-flash, board explorer, hardware monitor, oc profile, PC stats, and boot menu options.

I'm so excited right now!!!!!!!

Could I install Linux via USB and then buy a new GPU to install when I can?

before you throw the gpu away, make sure that it wasn't just some dirt on the contacts, or an otherwise bad contact.

and i think you can mark your thread SOLVED now, yes?

Originally Posted by ondoho before you throw the gpu away, make sure that it wasn't just some dirt on the contacts, or an otherwise bad contact. and i think you can mark your thread SOLVED now, yes?

I will make sure to check before throwing it out. Thanks, SO much to everyone that helped or contributed to this thread.

So, I'll mark this solved, but I have one last question...

There's a boot menu. Should I click UEFI USB CD/DVD option, plug in my bootable USB and restart?

Or, should I click USB KEY, plug in my bootable USB and restart?

There are two that seem to be for USB boot up.

Take the UEFI USB option.

Originally Posted by JeremyBoden Take the UEFI USB option.

Ok. Well, thank you!!! (To all) I am off to reboot with a new OS and enjoy my PC finally.

I'll try to stop by this board one day and offer something instead of just taking all of the help. xoxo

Originally Posted by JeremyBoden Take the UEFI USB option.

Hold up, hold up. They are both UEFI. UEFI USB KEY vs UEFI USB CD/DVD...

Must the KEY then - perhaps your DVD is connected via USB?
Most UEFI BIOS's are able to imitate a legacy MBR BIOS - not always very successfully.

Originally Posted by JeremyBoden Must the KEY then - perhaps your DVD is connected via USB? Most UEFI BIOS's are able to imitate a legacy MBR BIOS - not always very successfully.

Ugh, I'm sorry to bring more issues, but I am stuck. I tried both UEFI USB KEY and UEFI USB CD/DVD. Was able to boot via USB successfully on both options. But when I try to install Ubuntu 18 (what I have on my bootable USB now) it says:

"No root file system is defined. Please correct this from the partitioning menu."

Now, I think they mean that I need to select the hard drive for it to install on, and not the usb fat32 or whatever.

But, how do I do? There is nothing labelled 'partitioning menu' and the drop down box only offers dev/sda. There are 3 other buttons: a plus, a minus, and 'change'. If I click on those the whole install panel just minimizes away.

Last problem, I hope.

Is this after the USB has booted?
It's possible you've booted from the hard disk.

Your BIOS will have a feature that lets you choose the boot device priority order.
USB key should come first, followed by DVD, followed by HD.

Adjust the BIOS if necessary, insert the USB key and reboot the machine.
Some USB keys have a tiny light that flickers, indicating that the key is being read.

This should give you a live boot (no hard disk required) - the install should lead you through the steps of creating HD partitions.

But if you want, before the install, you can run gparted to explore what your HD looks like & optionally create partitions etc.

Originally Posted by JeremyBoden Is this after the USB has booted? It's possible you've booted from the hard disk. Your BIOS will have a feature that lets you choose the boot device priority order. USB key should come first, followed by DVD, followed by HD. Adjust the BIOS if necessary, insert the USB key and reboot the machine. Some USB keys have a tiny light that flickers, indicating that the key is being read. This should give you a live boot (no hard disk required) - the install should lead you through the steps of creating HD partitions. But if you want, before the install, you can run gparted to explore what your HD looks like & optionally create partitions etc.

This is after successfully booting from the USB stick. I'm installing Ubuntu this time around for reasons. I had Mint last time, so this is booting from the USB.

Basically, I'm running Ubuntu now from USB, but when I attempt to install I eventually get to a step that says woah, hey, you have no root file selected, but I can't use the drop down menu provided to select anything else. It just offers 'dev/sda'.

I'm wondering if maybe it's having problems bc I formatted the hard drive once before when replacing windows with mint, but if it's causing a problem how do I fix it?

The research I did seems to suggest I should make an ext4 partition using gparted before I try the installer, but I'm not able to do that while using the USB apparently? (I'm also not really sure what an ext4 partition is) It says it can't create a partition table while 1 partition is currently active on this device <--- pointing to my USB.

I just want ubuntu to install on my hard drive, and it can't give me more options beyond dev/sda.

The disk is sda but the partition(s) will be sda1, sda2 etc but these should get created automatically...

Have a look at https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutoria...untu-desktop#0
It's basically the same as installing Mint.

Originally Posted by JeremyBoden The disk is sda but the partition(s) will be sda1, sda2 etc but these should get created automatically... Have a look at https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutoria...untu-desktop#0 It's basically the same as installing Mint.

Ok, thanks. I'll have a look. I guess this thing can only see my USB stick and not my hard drive. sda without a 1 or 2 is my USB, I guess? I'll look at the link and get back.

So, I actually don't get the 'installation type' slide when going through the installer. I get the select a language, the part about third party stuff and check boxes, and then its asking me to select a root file. No hard disk stuff. No message saying it did or did not detect an OS.

If I boot up without the USB there is no OS, it's just the MSI page.

I'm assuming that the HD is operational?

Could you post the results of

sudo fdisk -l

(That 'l' is a lowercase L)

Originally Posted by JeremyBoden I'm assuming that the HD is operational? Could you post the results of sudo fdisk -l (That 'l' is a lowercase L)

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/loop0: 1.8 GiB, 1864450048 bytes, 3641504 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 86.9 MiB, 91099136 bytes, 177928 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 34.7 MiB, 36323328 bytes, 70944 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 140.9 MiB, 147722240 bytes, 288520 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop4: 2.3 MiB, 2433024 bytes, 4752 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop5: 13 MiB, 13619200 bytes, 26600 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop6: 14.5 MiB, 15196160 bytes, 29680 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop7: 3.7 MiB, 3887104 bytes, 7592 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 15.2 GiB, 16358768640 bytes, 31950720 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00f05c37

Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 31950719 31948672 15.2G c W95 FAT32 (LBA)