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bouriquo
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 Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:16 am Post subject: UEFI + grub2 blackscreen |
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Hi,
I reinstall my gentoo/funtoo on my tower an asus p9x79 pro with nvidia gtx 680. I follow the gentoo/funtoo howto install except for the uefi part. I use the right module on the kernel ( 3.13.0 ) but after reboot i always get after grub menu a beautifull blackscreen
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bouriquo
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
Thanks you for your message, but read the message before  It's an old message. I had the black screen when I launched Xorg but not now, this is just after grub, I can't login into my linux.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
have you set an image for Grub in /etc/default/grub? If the image is not available or incompatible with Grub supported ones you can have a black screen. Png images format generally work. You can comment it for a test if it's not
| Code: | | #GRUB_BACKGROUND="..." |
A wrong resolution can make troubles too.
Again
| Code: | | grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg |
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bouriquo
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Paul,
Thanks you for your response.
So no i haven't a background
I use gfxmode = auto
can you explain me the command grub-mkconfig ? |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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First, did you emerge the EFI version for the good platform of Grub2, for example efi-64? To do so, you must have in /etc/portage/make.conf
| Code: | | GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64" |
and than emerge Grub2.
After you emerge Grub2, it is not installed yet. So, did run the grub-install command to write Grub2 in the EFI partition? When the command succeed, you must generate a configuration file for Grub2. The grub2-mkconfig command do this task as I show you before. The /boot/grub/grub.cfg generated file is the Grub2 configuration file. This is the default path and file name Grub2 is looking for. It must not be change if you want Grub2 have a configuration file and not behave only with it's builtin configuration.
Before you execute grub2-mkconfig, you can choose which bash files will be execute in the /etc/grub.d/ directory. To be execute, a script file in this directory must be executable. So you can select script by script what grub.cfg will contain. You must know what you do. Untouch them should be good enough.
Note that EFI with Windows installed cause me troubles to make Grub2 the default entry of the EFI firmware menu. Without Windows, Grub2 is loaded as the default one without problem.
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| bouriquo wrote: | | Thanks you for your message, but read the message before It's an old message. I had the black screen when I launched Xorg but not now, this is just after grub, I can't login into my linux. |
It is normal to have a blackscreen with efi boot and nvidia proprietary driver active, but I can login X ! |
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bouriquo
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| Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:35 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
@Logicien
Yes i had put GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64".
About windows and grub2 I hadn't any problem before. I had already install windows + grub2 + uefi and that worked fine. In my Bios I just select grub2 by default and it was ok i could boot on my linux or my windows with grub.
@ulenrich
It's on a fresh install, so i haven't install private nvidia driver for now and nothing else. My install is new, i have only the system. But I could understand that is nornal to have a blackscreen but not during 30 minutes and one more time i can't login neither my linux shell nor my linux X session.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:36 am Post subject: |
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| bouriquo wrote: | | Thanks you for trying to help me |
Ok, I myself try efi boot on an older MacMini on a fresh install without proprietary nvidia in this moment. I found the siduction.org "towo" kernel config a viable way, well known to work, I put this linux-3.13.0 config here for you:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/6831471
I then derived this condensed for my core2duo cpu:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/6831513
I made it by booting that siduction kernel and I activated all gadgets I have (usb external drive, siano dvb tv reciever). While as root in /usr/src/linux I issued this command: | Code: | | make localyesconfig |
... and then further adaption the old way (make menuconfig) of course. |
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| Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:00 am Post subject: |
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Hi Ulenrich,
Thanks you this, but unfortunatly that was the same thing. I'm asking my self if it just not a driver about my motherboard i forget, but i don't understand i think i was use the same thing.
For information my card is a asus P9X79 Deluxe.
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