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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0006726Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2021-06-24 18:23
ReporterSuperG Assigned Tosteev  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version2020.3 
Summary0006726: Installed kali on my laptop and get black screen after boot
Description

So I have seen variations of my issue but none of mine. I installed Kali 2020.3 via installer using Rufus onto my inspiron 14 3000 laptop, after the install I switched boots back to my native HDD and it boots to GRUB (which i can interact with) and asks how I want to boot but no matter the option I choose it runs for a second then black screens. I am talking no backlightong and no interactivity until i hard reset the laptop. Any ideas?

Steps To Reproduce

Turn on laptop

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Michu

Michu

2020-09-18 18:34

reporter   ~0013452

what systems do you have on this laptop what method did you choose iso or dd in rufus maybe grub is corrupted because maybe something happened while installation grub do you have bootable usb with linux if so boot form usb and check boot.log grub.cfg and dump what its inside after you choose to boot for e.g kali you could press esc and see if this will give you something in grub menu select the “*Advanced options for GNU/Linux” option then press e find the line beginning with “Linux.” After, look for “ro,” and change it “rw.” Add init=/bin/bash at the end of the line. f10 and bash shell will appear then type mount -n -o remount,rw / then check dmesg journalctl boot.log grub.cfg and do a picture will see what happens after you collect infos type exec /sbin/init and then we will be thinking whats next and you must prepare that there is possibility that you will must reinstall completely kali.

HiOnFruityPebbles

HiOnFruityPebbles

2020-09-20 22:10

reporter   ~0013467

Wipe your flash drive, use etcher to write the usb (https://www.balena.io/etcher/) and then go into BIOS and disable secure boot if your system has it. Rufus has caused issues with kali for sometime and is better for windows installations. This will of course require re-installation of Kali.

steev

steev

2021-06-24 18:23

manager   ~0014836

Thank you for your interest in Kali but this is not a bug report. It looks like that you need help and guidance to perform some task. We have community support forums on https://forums.kali.org/ or on IRC with the #kali-linux channel on irc.oftc.net), please post your questions there.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2020-09-17 14:47 SuperG New Issue
2020-09-18 18:34 Michu Note Added: 0013452
2020-09-20 22:10 HiOnFruityPebbles Note Added: 0013467
2020-12-01 10:48 g0tmi1k Priority high => normal
2020-12-01 10:50 g0tmi1k Severity block => minor
2021-06-24 18:23 steev Assigned To => steev
2021-06-24 18:23 steev Status new => closed
2021-06-24 18:23 steev Resolution open => no change required
2021-06-24 18:23 steev Note Added: 0014836