CrunchBang Linux

wil

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Registered: 2012-10-05

Posts: 16

Crunchbang shows black screen and colored lines

I installed the newest crunchbang on my dell inspiron 1501. But when it boots after showing waiting for /dev to be fully populated all I see is a black screen with colored lines going down the screen vertically. When I do a live boot I see these lines untill I shut the computer and it goes to sleep then when I open it I see the locked screen prompt asking me to enter the password.  What can I do this to fix my computer.

mesoterra

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From: Earth

Registered: 2012-12-29

Posts: 26

Re: Crunchbang shows black screen and colored lines

Sounds like xscreensaver is running if you are getting a password prompt.

Can you get into another tty? Try ctrl+alt+F2

If you can, maybe check /var/log/Xorg.0.log

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log > /root/xorg.log

Dump that file onto a USB and give us the output if you can.

Also what drivers are you using?

*edit*
Give us the output of lspci as well please.

lspci > /root/lspci.txt

Last edited by mesoterra (2013-03-14 18:57:38)

wil

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Registered: 2012-10-05

Posts: 16

Re: Crunchbang shows black screen and colored lines

What is password for the live boot account

mesoterra

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From: Earth

Registered: 2012-12-29

Posts: 26

Re: Crunchbang shows black screen and colored lines

The password for the live boot account should be blank I believe.

wil

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Registered: 2012-10-05

Posts: 16

Re: Crunchbang shows black screen and colored lines

The xscreebsaver login takes blank as cancel

mesoterra

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From: Earth

Registered: 2012-12-29

Posts: 26

Re: Crunchbang shows black screen and colored lines

http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=10043

Try the below and read through the above link.

User:

crunchbang

Password:

live