[Bio-linux-list] [Bio-Linux-list] Can't install Biolinux8 in DELL Precision T5810

[Tim Booth]

Hi Xavi,

[Note - I've switched the discussion to the new mailing list server]

I've seen similar issues where the driver tries to initialise the
graphics card and the whole thing just locks up.  It think you are on
the right track booting the USB on a working machine and trying to
tinker with the drivers, but I'd follow this guide and add the
enablement drivers for X (I can't do this by default as it totally
breaks VirtualBox support):

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack

On the working machine you should also do an integrity check on the USB
to be sure.

I'm surprised that removing "quiet splash" didn't at least give you some
boot messages.  If you replace "quiet splash" with the word "text" you
should boot straight to a command prompt.  Does that work?

I'm also surprised by this bit:

> it only boot in an Ubuntu 12.04 (instead of 14.04) GUI

Bio-Linux 8 is 100% Ubuntu 14.04 so I'm not sure what this indicates.
If you get to the text prompt as noted above run "lsb_release -a".  This
should confirm that you are on trusty/14.04

Cheers,

TIM

On Mon, 2015-12-14 at 20:09 +0100, Xavier Martínez Serrano wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> 
> Recently we are trying to install Biolinux on a DELL Precision T5810
> machine, but despite lot of trials
> we did not succeed. We burned Biolinux ISO into USB and DVD but none
> of this works, we are only
> able to reach  the install menu ("Try Biolinux ", "Install Biolinux",
> "Check files", ...), after that a black
> screen appears and nothing else, no response from either USB or DVD. 
> 
> 
> We tried to boot with "nomodeset", "noacpl/nolapic" or
> "vga=normal/vga=771" and removing 
> "quiet splash" options to see what is happening. None of the
> combinations were successful.
> 
> 
> We figured out that that could be related to the graphic card: AMD
> Firepro W5100, therefore we 
> installed "flrgrx" driver in USB-Biolinux Live (we kept 5GB within it
> for persistent files). But still
> no luck, it only boot in an Ubuntu 12.04 (instead of 14.04) GUI and
> when clicking to "Installl Biolinux"
> the applications seem to start but then closes unexpectedly
> complaining on "dbus".
> 
> 
> We also tried to install original AMD Firepro drivers but no luck
> either.
> 
> 
> If someone could give us an idea of what is it happening or what could
> we try ?
> 
> 
> Thank you , 
> 
> 
> Xavi
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