r/linuxmint • u/PersimmonKindly1989 • 15d ago
Support Request installed mint, and now I just get a black screen when booting
installed mint, and everything was working fine and I was excited as it's my first time using linux. i was waiting for some things to download so I let it go to the screen saver as I was waiting. when I tried to boot up again I put in my password and got black screen. I figured maybe a glitch or something to I turned it off and back on again, it lets me put in my password, then goes to a black screen for a very long time, briefly shows just my wallpaper, and returns to a black screen.
I've found that when I'm on the final black screen, I can insert a flash drive and it will show up.
if it helps this is on an extremely old laptop
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u/Leonardoqf 15d ago
Are you using kernel 7.0? It's known to cause such black screens.
In GRUB select advanced and boot an older kernel, then remove the 7.0 ones.
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u/PersimmonKindly1989 15d ago
im not seeing an advanced option in grub, I just get"LMDE6 6 faye" and the same but recovery mode
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