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

Tue Dec 15 08:25:08 EST 2015

Thanks for all your replies guys!!

I finally managed to install it by booting to Biolinux-USB via text mode as
you suggested and installing the specific graphic-card driver from there,
using the last driver which is compatible with 14.04, previous one was not,
only with 12.04, and this is the one that came in ubuntu repositories
(fglrx package), probably due to that there was kind of mixture in GUI with
12.04. But the ISO I used was Biolinux 14.04, I'm sure of this, and I
checked the ISO md5.

Before solving it I also tried to install latest AMD Firepro W5100 drivers
from that ISO-USB burn but probably the drivers or whatever messed up with
fglrx package from Ubuntu repositories.

So, to sum up, what I finally did to solve the problem was:

1) Boot Biolinux8-USB (from which I saved 5GB of free space in UnetBootin)
in a computer with Internet access and download and extract there the
latest graphic-card driver (for which I ensured it was compatible with
14.04)

2)Boot  Biolinux8-USB in the computer of interest in text mode by replacing
boot parameters "quiet splash" - > "text"

3)Go to the graphic-card driver and install the driver for distribution
14.04, in my case I did:
   sudo apt-get purge fglrx*
   sudo ./amd.....  (driver binary file)  --buildpkg Ubuntu/trusty

Thanks again to all, and hope my experience can be helpful for others!

Xavi

(by the way Xavi de Pedro, best regards :) )

2015-12-15 12:01 GMT+00:00 Xavier de Pedro <xavier.depedro at vhir.org>:

> Hi Xavi and all:
>
> And just in case, ensure that you keep your persistent file below 4Gb on
> a fat32 partition (otherwise, it won't use your changes).
>
> In addition, seeing "Ubuntu 12.04" might indicate that you didn't
> succeed at making the right LiveUSB disk out of current Biolinux8.
>
> My 2 cents
>
> Xavier
>
>
> El 15/12/15 a les 12:54, Tim Booth ha escrit:
> > 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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