Trying to install Solus via USB, but hangs at black screen

DDariusA

I installed a bootable image on my USB following the Helf Center guidelines.
After that I enabled KVM which was blocking it.
But now, after booting it gets stuck at a black screen.

Searching around on the forum, I found that it might be my 5600 XT graphic card.
Something about Solus 4.1 not shipping with the newest Linux kernel 5.5 when support for the card was just added.

Is there a way to either get an ISO with the newest kernel or swap out the old kernel and replace it with a new one myself?

kaktuspalme

Maybe you could try booting with nomodeset.

DDariusA

And how would one do that?

kaktuspalme

Sorry for not being more specific. You can press escape while booting up. So after selecting your usb just press escape. Then a menu should appear (Solus 4.1 ...). There you press "E" then you can edit the kernel parameters just add nomodeset at the end of the line. Press enter and it it will boot using those paramters.

I wonder if that will help. I think it should but probably you have a low resolution. But after installing the updates it probably should work without nomodeset and the right resolution.

DDariusA

Thanks for the reply.
I don't think the hassle is actually worth it since the 4.2 ISO will be out in 10 days (just found out about it AFTER I made this thread) but dang I'm curious if it would work, so heck I'm still doing it.
I'll post on here if it works.

DDariusA

So sadly it didn't work, but no biggy since I'll hopefully be able to install it in 10 days.

kaktuspalme

DDariusA I tried it myself too, I just have a black screen with nomodeset on my rx5700 using hdmi. But as you said, the 4.2 iso will hopefully solve your problems.

alexogg

Hello friend. Sorry for my English, I use a translator.
Perhaps this will help you. Check the checksum of the file before writing it to USB. Use the Rufus program (with the DD setting when it asks you). Or the Etcher program. I have a Power Color rx5700 video card, and there are no problems with installing Solus 4.1

kaktuspalme

alexogg Thanks. He has a 5600 which probably doesn't work with 4.1. The 5600 is newer then the 5700.