Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Screen black out on booting Kali linux

  1. #1
    Join Date
    2016-Feb
    Posts
    1

    Screen black out on booting Kali linux

    I've just installed Kali Linux 2016. Right after installation competes and grub loads, the screen blacks out. I access Kali by sleeping my laptop and waking it up (pressing power key to sleep and pressing space bar to wake it up). Ctrl+F1 is of no help (, also the other solution of changing display settings in BIOS setup is unavailable)
    I have a HP Pavilion, with Intel i7, 16GB RAM, nVidia GT940.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    2013-Apr
    Location
    Kali forums
    Posts
    805
    Can you login at all? If so, dmesg output and the log files in /var/log may point you in the right direction for troubleshooting.

  3. #3
    Try hitting Ctrl+Alt+F1 to see if you can get a login shell

  4. #4
    Join Date
    2014-Nov
    Posts
    13
    It's your display drivers acting up. You need to edit your boot config during boot. In grub, move the arrow key to avoid it from quick booting into your distro, then select the one you want to edit. The find the line that lists nvidia or nouveax and add "NOMODESET=" to the line. This is just off the top of my head, I will try to return with more precise instructions.

  5. #5
    Join Date
    2014-Nov
    Posts
    13
    You can also try the options listed here, even though you havn't necessarilly installed the proprietary drivers for nvidia, the files affected are the same.
    https://forums.kali.org/showthread.p...o-blank-screen

Similar Threads

  1. Kali Linux Black screen when booting with Raspberyi Pi 3B
    By FastAsFack in forum TroubleShooting Archive
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 2021-02-22, 21:26
  2. Black screen after booting fresh installed version of Kali Linux
    By ottootto in forum TroubleShooting Archive
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 2017-02-11, 01:45
  3. Kali booting into black screen
    By Mikey in forum TroubleShooting Archive
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 2016-02-03, 17:05

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •