Display goes to horizontal blurry stripes
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22 Mar 2026 01:36 #344591
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Display goes to horizontal blurry stripes was created by DarrenAlberta
Linux noob. Downloaded latest Live image. Burned on DVD. Put in old Compaq tower running Vista. Booted from DVD, everything worked. Installed to hard drive. Worked. Poked around in a few directories. Set time zone. Went to bed. Now it boots, gets to login screen, enter id and password, logs in and loses display. No clue where/how to troubleshoot. Any help greatfully accepted! Thanks,
Darren.
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22 Mar 2026 16:02 #344611
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Replied by tommylight on topic Display goes to horizontal blurry stripes
Compaq? So that is roughly 15-20 years old, giving two possible issues:
-an NVIDIA add on graphic card
-one of the Intel 915 graphic cards built in the chipset
The first is easy, just yank out the card and use the onboard graphic...that might be the 915 and has issues with Linux and was fully blacklisted at one point in time.
Still, there are options:
-power on the PC
-hold down the right side SHIFT key till you see the GRUB menu
-press E to enter editing the boot options
-there should be "quiet splash" on one of the lines, add "nomodeset" after the quiet or splash
-press F10 to boot
Does that work?
-an NVIDIA add on graphic card
-one of the Intel 915 graphic cards built in the chipset
The first is easy, just yank out the card and use the onboard graphic...that might be the 915 and has issues with Linux and was fully blacklisted at one point in time.
Still, there are options:
-power on the PC
-hold down the right side SHIFT key till you see the GRUB menu
-press E to enter editing the boot options
-there should be "quiet splash" on one of the lines, add "nomodeset" after the quiet or splash
-press F10 to boot
Does that work?
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25 Mar 2026 10:17 #344707
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Replied by rodw on topic Display goes to horizontal blurry stripes
If it is i915, there are some settings that you can disable. I covered them here:
in the description shortcut to 7:03
Good luck
in the description shortcut to 7:03
Good luck
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