Installed uMATE 16.04 as a dualboot to a existing Win 10.
Hardware: AMD A8-7600 on a MSI A68HM Grenade mainboard without extra grafics. I use VGA onboard.
Monitor is a 13y old Samsung 193T, 19” 1280x1024.
My Problem: black screen after grub, if I boot mate (16.04), no login possible. I think, the monitor goes out of sync. (It searches for signal on both inputs) (Other/newer Monitors work.)
But: Windows 10 works fine. No screen problems at all.
And: If I start Mate “rescue mode”, and than (without any repair) choose: boot (first entry), everything looks fine. I’m able to login, monitor properties : resolution 1280x1024, but sync is shown as 0 Hz (grey). (find/recognize? Monitor fails)
What could be an easy workaround?
Any idea of a “futureproof” solution that will also work later with another monitor?
(sorry about my bad english;)
the only thing that helps is: boot in grub to latest recovery mode, than in recovery menu > boot
first entry > graphical login arrives…
in „normal“ boot mode - after the grub screen > screen goes
black, the computer „stops“ about 10..20 sec, (now the monitor switches to out of sync) while there are no blinking HD-Leds etc. PC seams to stop for a while, later goes on booting (HD LEDs blinking normally...). The screen keeps black and even switching it off/on brings no screen… no sync possible at all
in recovery mode + boot > text arrives on the screen. The timeout
seams to be much shorter: screen stays „on“, login appears… works
searching for the difference in both cases:
normal mode:
ab@UMate-MS-7891:~$
systemd-analyze blame
23.077s dev-sda5.device
20.473s systemd-udevd.service
20.141s systemd-sysctl.service
7.869s NetworkManager-wait-online.service
5.990s nmbd.service
5.836s samba-ad-dc.service
4.697s grub-common.service
4.474s apport.service
4.444s networking.service
3.659s libvirt-bin.service
3.333s irqbalance.service
3.172s speech-dispatcher.service
………
no login possible because screen does not „resync“
shortversion:
Installed from DVD (burned 4x speed), incl. veryfi, Download MD5 checked, I used the same DVD for installing about 5 Mates until now. (All work…)
“something else” is my only way to create fresh installations, because i everytime use a /root, a /home and a swap partition.
And in this moment are there “no proprietary drivers installed”
What is the difference between normal boot and recovery + boot?
basically, normal boot is when the PC boots without any real interaction with the operator, "Recovery Mode" gives you the option to:
Add or remove apps.
Repair things like resetting your password (using the necessary commands of course).
Scan for viral infections (good for Windblows/MAC users): How to scan for viruses with ClamAV on Ubuntu 24.04
Update your system. (Run "dpkg" in recovery mode, see guide):
i give up:
I couldn’t find out, how to use the monitor with fixed frequency and i was also not able to find any further information about the slow start…
(23.077s dev-sda5.device)
Can’t believe, but Google lists nothing really helpful to me.
(no xorg.conf, no 10-monitors.conf etc)
but OT:
Want to say: I like your tutorials a lot! Its the kind of things, beginner should find to make the right decisions…
And: Ubuntu MATE is a distribution I like very much. Started working with ubuntu about 2008 (8.04?) because it had an easy GUI, a very good structured desktop and it was friendly to beginners. Later I went to Kubuntu and Xubuntu but missed the old Desktop. Now Mate brings it back and with mate-tools even more possibilities.
Thanks to all developers, supporters and helpers.
greetings and good luck further on… h2f
until now. (All work…)
