Why do I get a black screen when I boot into Debian?
When I try and boot into Debian via grub I am met with a black screen and a blinking underscore at the top left. (I’m dual booting with windows 10 and I can still boot into windows 10 through grub). The iso I used was an “amd64-gnome+nofree” one, and from my understanding should include most of the drivers/firmware etc for drivers.
Why do I get device not ready error in Debian?
Device not ready or firmware missing are some of the common errors that you can get in Debian. The reason for the WiFi firmware missing issue is that standard release doesn’t include non-free drivers and firmware. So, the missing firmware results in the device not ready or firmware missing error in Debian.
What happens when firmware is loaded in Debian?
If the firmware was loaded from a firmware package, debian-installer will also install this package for the installed system and will automatically add the non-free section of the package archive in APT’s sources.list . This has the advantage that the firmware should be updated automatically if a new version becomes available.
Is there a hardware error or MCE notification?
And I am getting loads of these sorts of notifications saying that there is a Hardware Error and something about mce: OSSEC HIDS Notification. 2015 Apr 04 20:09:22 Received From: Bath-Towel->/var/log/syslog Rule: 1002 fired (level 2) -> “Unknown problem somewhere in the system.”
Why do I get a black screen when I boot Wheezy?
A reboot might be required. cstates are ways to control the power of the cpus try to disable them in the BIOS and see if that helps. You could also change the clocksoure of the kernel. For this press you have to adjust the kernel line of the boot loader.
Why is there a blinking cursor before the black screen?
Edit2: Noticed just before the black screen with a blinking cursor appears this shows for a few seconds: “ ERROR VGACON disables amdgpu kernel modesetting” Drivers are part of the kernel, so driver wise it does not matter which image you are using.
How to get rid of blinking cursor in Debian?
When there’s a blinking cursor, try ctrl + alt + F1 and remove the proprietary graphics driver, and use the open source one. You may need to use a different driver.