Re: No display after installing Debian Jessie
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?
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