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jlindgren

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Registered: 2011-02-27

Posts: 260

Installer freezes during boot with ATI Radeon card

System: Toshiba Satellite A305-S6916
Video card: ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3650
Installer: 2010.05 amd64 netinstall
Problem: Installer freezes during boot at "setting console to utf-8 mode".
Solution: Add "radeon.modeset=0" to kernel command line.

Posting for the sake of anyone else who might be having this same problem.

Tae

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Registered: 2010-08-31

Posts: 32

Re: Installer freezes during boot with ATI Radeon card

Same here:

System: Dell Inspiron 1525
Video card: Intel GMA X3100
Installer: 2010.05 i686
Problem: screen turn black during system load.
Solution: Add "nomodeset" or "i915.modeset0" to kernel command line.