> Hi, I just joined this group as I have a laptop that I was attempting to > install Linux Mint 16 Petra Cinnamon on but have run into difficulties > getting it to boot. I loaded it from a DVD and selected the option to > install from that desktop. I deleted Windows 8 (thank God!) but need a > reliable OS for this thing. If I just allow it to boot normally I get a > blue screen with a message that "X server" could not start. I searched > the Linux forums and found a link to disable the acceleration of my > video card (Radeon 8330), which I did, and it has booted into "safe > mode" (unaccelerated) mode. The changes to the GNU GRUB file does not > save so must be entered manully each time it is booted. Getting to the > GRUB menu is a problem most of the time as simply holding down the shift > button while powering on and booting does not always work. I'm pretty > frustrated with trying to get this thing to run reliably! It's an ASUS > laptop with an A4 AMD processor, the Radeon 8330 video and 8 GB RAM. > > Does anybody know of a site or method to install a driver that will not > conflict, or whatever I need to do to get this thing running properly? > > Thanks, > > Mark I would try this link: "http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Linux%20x86_64". I know it is proprietary AMD but at least you could get a taste of what works. If you don't want to do that but you are looking for a way to make your changes permanent in grub, please let us know. Loyal
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