How to solve black screen on ubuntu ue 2.6
 

Hi everyone,
I've tried installing ubuntu 2.6 on my 32-bit samsung R60 notebook. when the computer tries to boot from the CD, it goes in to black screen and won't boot again. I tried hitting F6 and selected one of the options (nomodset). It worked at first and i installed it successfully. But when i tried to boot from the hard disk, the same thing happened again, it went black screen and never boot up again.
Can anyone help me out, please!?

I. B. Khalil

Look at this: "HOW TO - Samsung R60 plus - ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 installation" - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=839000

It's 2 years old. Scroll down to "Installation". The key is probably: noapic

I tried it, but after pressing F6,i tried the noapic but did not work. so i selected nomodset and it worked,i installed it successfully. after the installation was done, i rebooted and selected 'ubuntu generic' at the GRUB bootloader. instead of seeing some code and screen flashes, all i could see was a black screen. as a newbie, i tried all my best, even the alt and F2 didn't work. what else can i do? i love Ubuntu and that's why i'm writing this , more help please!

I. B. Khalil

Frustrated : it didn't work !
 

I tried it, but after pressing F6,i tried the noapic but did not work. so i selected nomodset and it worked,i installed it successfully. after the installation was done, i rebooted and selected 'ubuntu generic' at the GRUB bootloader. instead of seeing some code and screen flashes, all i could see was a black screen. as a newbie, i tried all my best, even the alt and F2 didn't work. what else can i do? i love Ubuntu and that's why i'm writing this , more help please!

I. B. Khalil

If you need more help, why did you mark this thread Solved?

Please take the "Solved" prefix off of this thread if you need more help.

At the grub prompt highlight the generic entry hit the e key to edit, add nomodset to the end of the linux/kernel line and then boot

It worked
 

Yes! I added nomodeset to the GRUB and it worked, my ubuntu is working very well now, thanks alot. but how do i make it a permanent fix? Or do i always have to add the nomodeset on boot?

I. B. Khalil

assuming you are using grub2 Open up a terminal by clicking on applications/accessories/terminal type the following: add nomodest to the following line to look like this exit and save. Then in the terminal run Here is a link to configuring grub2 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Gr...c/default/grub

If your using grub legacy then edit the ubuntu entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst

Appreciation
 

jst wanna say thanks to u,i followed the steps and now my ubuntu is working perfectly, thanks so much.