Linux Mint Black screen

[serene glade]

Hello there i am having issues with my new install of Linux Mint it loads up then i move the mouse around and i get a black screen then my gpu starts to get loud then stays on a black screen, the screen sorta glitches before it goes to black screen not sure if my AMD gpu isnt supported?

i have a
Mainboard Manufacturer: ASRock
Mainboard Name: 970 Performance
Processor Manufacturer: AMD
Processor Version: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor

[finite wigeon]

Heya

does your monitor displays Linux mint (LM) logo while you boot?

Or any error it prompts

[serene glade]

It show the Linux mint Logo yes, and it doesnt show any sorta errors.

[finite wigeon]

do you know the GPU model?

also, to check if it's the issue related to the GPU we can try booting with nomodset

to do that, when your grub menu appears while booting from where you can select your >operationg system,

(if it's not appearing then press shift as quickly after pressing power on button and keep >hold shift key then press shift again)

then highlight the option "Linux Mint" and press e then look for the line that starts >with linux and add nomodset in its end after the line should look like eg :- linux /boot/vmlinuz-xxx root=UUID=xxxx ro quiet splash nomodeset

then Press Ctrl + X, Y, enter

.

By doing this you will tell your system to not to load GPU driver, so that you can know if it's the issue related to the GPU

and tell if it boots

If this works and Mint boots without a black screen, then the issue is definitely GPU-related, and we need to install the correct driver.

[finite wigeon]

@serene glade