alt.os.linux.mint

Re: Problems installing Mint on a Llano laptop


On 10/02/2012 10:26 PM, Yousuf Khan wrote:
> On 10/02/2012 8:36 PM, Chester A. Arthur wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:07:10 -0500, Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>
>>> I just bought a new Toshiba Satellite L745D with an AMD Llano processor
>>> in it. (snip)
>>>
>>> Now when I try to install Mint 12 on this laptop, the screen goes blank
>>> and it can't come back without a reboot. Anybody have an idea what could
>>> be wrong here? Please don't make me go back to Ubuntu.
>>
>> Just to clarify, are you saying the LiveCD works fine, you don't have
>> any problems with Mint12 until you install it?
>
> No, the live cd doesn't work, you see a bit of graphics at the
> beginning, which is the grub menu basically. As soon as the Linux kernel
> is decompressed and started, then the screen goes blank and stays that
> way. Is it possible that this architecture is too new for Linux Mint,
> and that the proper drivers don't exist yet for it? So far the Wi-Fi
> doesn't work, and the video doesn't work.
>
> Yousuf Khan
>
Oh and another thing, I've also tried going into the Live CD with
compatibility mode, and that also doesn't work.
Yousuf Khan




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