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Has anyone else encountered this issue with installing a distro before?

So my colleague has installed Elementary OS 5.0 and he recommended me to do the same (on my personal dual boot laptop). However after the installation it doesn't reboot after clicking the button, and when I turn my laptop off and on again I get the grub as I should, choose elementary, I get the login screen all fine. But after logging in I only get the wallpaper and my cursor. I can't even open a terminal...

I've searched my ass off and everyone is saying to wait around 5 minutes before everything shows up after which you get to install graphic drivers. I've tried that but nothing happened so I just left it for the night hoping I could at least open a terminal in the morning, but there is still only the wallpaper and cursor.

I've tried pretty much anything at this point but I just can't get it to function. Is there anyone that has had such an issue before that could share a solution?

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  • 2
    5y
    No idea. Does ctrl-alt-1 (or any number) launch the tty?
  • 4
    5y
    I haven't dared to trying to install that distro, nor planning to. Looks too much osx-sy. I'm not into that stuff.

    I've tested like 4-6 different distros, but none of the them gave me graphics problems after a fresh install.

    The most common stuff it's wifi card drivers not installed(you now, not included out of the box) but that's not an issue. Graphics drivers missing or graphics issues have never happened to me.

    If you're up for a recommendation with other distro: try linux mint.
  • 3
    5y
    @asgs No it doesn't, I've tried many combinations.

    @JhonDoe I actually had linux mint 18 installed but decided to try something completely different since my colleague was so enthusiastic about it.
  • 1
    5y
    @devRow cool! last time I did that was with manjaro(I was with mint 18 too)

    everything cool but I had a sound issue, every time sometthing was about to play(like a video) i got a noise like a pop. for the rest was pretty good.

    since then I kept with mint again, was getting kinda bored(not that is bad, I just got bored from having a distro too much time) until mint 19.1 cinnamon edition. newest cinnamon is so damn good
  • 1
    5y
    off topic: haven't seen distro watch in a while. that mx linux fella seems interesting
  • 2
    5y
    @asgs @devRow you mean ctrl-alt-f1 through f12
  • 0
    5y
    @JhonDoe I'll check distro watch out, and else I'll stick with mint 19 too then.

    @tokumei I know what he meant, I said I've tried many variations. Didn't feel like correcting my man for 1 character.
  • 1
    5y
    I too have a colleague who pushes elementary at people. I try to defend those poor souls as much as I can (when I hear that this person has put the idea in their heads) and get them to use Linux Mint or Ubuntu. Even though I don't personally like either of them; I have to admit that they're good starting points to the Linux ecosystem.
  • 2
    5y
    Now you've learnt the hard-way that it isn't as glamorous as they claim it to be, you should go back to your colleague and ask them to fix it for you since they're the one who suggested to you in the first place.
  • 1
    5y
    @shine I'm not a beginner, I've just decided to give elementary a try before I started trash talking like people usually do.

    Now I've tried to install Mint 19.1 and I got the same issue, except I don't even get the wallpaper anymore, just my cursor.

    Looks like I'll have to spend some time figuring out what the fuck is going on, not many people online have experienced the same.
  • 0
    5y
    @devRow omg, really nuts. :( may you share some of your graphics info?
  • 0
    5y
    @JhonDoe it's an Omen laptop (from HP) with a GTX 1050 and 8gb of RAM. I've allocated a swap area of 8gb and a root partition of 130gb on my D drive.
  • 1
    5y
    @devRow dully noted. I would recommend linux mint now with a warning for newest graphics chips owners :(

    I'm seeing some scary stuff in the forums about kernel and drivers stuff. at least with mint 18.3 , not sure yet what happens with 19.1 D:
  • 1
    5y
    @JhonDoe thanks my man. If I ever find a solution I'll update this rant.
  • 1
    5y
    Oh, I'm sorry for assuming you were a beginner @devRow.

    Yes, graphic card drivers have always been a PITA for linux users.

    O/T : Frankly, I don't see a point in it for Linux users unless you're a video producer / editor or you intend to do some crazy CUDA programming or maybe ML or blockchain mining; otherwise, I don't see why you would need a bleeding edge graphics card at all.
  • 1
    5y
    To provide a probable troubleshooting direction, maybe you could try disabling the graphics card during BIOS / kernel load and postpone it until after the OS has booted up.

    Since your graphics card is an NVIDIA, the kernel's built-in nouveau driver has known to have caused problems in the past. (I've kind of been there too; had to troubleshoot a friend's machine)

    Could you try running an extra command with the kernel command line from grub? I believe it is `e` that takes you to the options menu to pick the command line options.

    there, append the `nomodeset` command, go back and try booting into the OS.

    I hope it works. Let me know.
  • 1
    5y
    Oh, wait, I just read that you put the root partition on your D drive. Can I assume that you're dual-booting with Windows? Then I see why you'd prefer the heavy graphics.

    BTW, the hardware is unlikely to cause any problems in booting into the OS (2 of them, in fact). And if the graphics card can load with no issues on Windows (assuming you are dual-booting), then it is highly probable that the OS or the linux kernels lying under them are the culprits - in terms of the hardware device drivers. That's where you should focusing your targets on.
  • 2
    5y
    @shine I'm dualbooting with windows 10 to use PS, AI for my designs and some gaming as well.

    I will try it out tomorrow, got to get some sleep before work tomorrow. I'll update the rant tomorrow, thanks!
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