[SOLVED] Graphical Error During install of AMD64 in UEFI mode

alphaamanitin · #1 7th February 2012, 12:03 AM

Hello Fedora!

Trying to switch from Ubuntu to Fedora. The UEFI AMD64 install works well, until the install starts. Booting from a SD card to chain-load to the Fedora 16 AMD64 (btw, I can decide to use KDE over Gnome at some point during install right?), gnome starts fine, select Fedora 16, that works. I see a bunch of stuff getting loaded, then BOOM!!!! Blue screen, or blue screen that is rapidly flashing (like seizure inducing flashing). At the very top of the screen, I can see some letters that I believe say "Welcome to Fedora 16 x86_64" Not 100% certain but it is something like that.

Now, I have had similar problems with Ubuntu, trying to install in UEFI mode, except that it has black or purple graphical errors and I don't see a grub screen. I really want to do Fedora, but I just do not have the knowledge to even begin chasing this issue down. Could it be due to my KVM switch? It is a simple switch that make me switch my monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers between my two computers. Here we go on specs:

Monitor:
Acer S201HLbd Black 20" 5ms LED-Backlight LCD monitor 250 cd/m2 ACM 12,000,000:1 (1000:1)

Mobo:
ASRock 880G Pro3 AMD+

CPU:
AMD Phenom II x6 1100T 3.3gHz

Memory:
G. Skill Ripjaw Series 4 x 4gb 1333

GPU:
Asus AMD Radeon EAH6850 [using a dvi to vgr converter for my monitor and kvm switch]

Keyboard:
Microsoft 4000 ergonomic keyboard

Mouse:
Logitech Ls1

Internal Card Reader:
Koutech IO-RCM621

Optical Drive:
Sorry can't remember (but can look it up if necessary)

SDDs:
128 gb Crucial SSD Sata III series M4 model CT128M4SSD2
64 gb Crucial SSD Sata III series RealSSD C300 model CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1CCA

HD:
Seagate 2 TB, sorry will have to go through lots of newegg history to find model.

Let me know if you need any other specs. I can say this, when trying to install ubunty AMD64, UEFI mode [have tried 11.04, and 11.10, actually got 10.04 (non-UEFI) to work at one point, but it doesn't now] I got the same graphical errors without the KVM switch.

Thanks

AlphaA

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Oh, I would also appreciate being told how one can start trouble shooting something like this. Everything works fine in Windows 7 64 bit UEFI, but cannot get either of the linux distros I have tried to work.

Also, to those who just say, well it work in non-UEFI mode, why not just try that? I need to dual boot, and the MOBO will only boot in UEFI if everything is in UEFI, if one is in Bios it will ALWAYS boot to that. At this point it is no longer feasible for me to back up the Windows drive and reinstall in legacy bios mode as you have to complete redo the partition table type. Plus, I just want the faster and newer UEFI.

Gracias.

alphaamanitin · #2 9th February 2012, 03:06 AM

Okay, searching through the web I came up with this on Ubuntu forum:

Add nosplash --verbose at end of linux boot line

It did nothing.

Next: add nomodeset at end of kernal line

It did nothing.

Next add: xforcevesa at end of kernal line

It did nothing.

(BTW all of those are supposed to be added in the grub menu, I did that). I think the problem is though that I add that and then the andaconda boot on USB to chain load the dvd in UEFI mode might not let these settings work. Either way I still get graphical errors. Am unsure what do to next.

AlphaA

---------- Post added 9th February 2012 at 03:06 AM ---------- Previous post was 8th February 2012 at 07:32 PM ----------

First off, do not need to do the chain loading boot efi from usb that loads the DVD. Just use the straight DVD.

Adding

Code:

nomodeset

to the end of the kernal boot line fixes it. Now have Windows and Fedora install on separate HDs on my computer in UEFI mode booting happily by manually selecting which to boot.

Now I just have to get more than just a command line linux going.

AlphaA