hello everybody
new, rookie linux user here, needing help and since my issue it's very similar with op's, i've decided to post it here.
first, a few things regarding my experience with computers, i have a very little, very basic knowledge about pc's and operating systems, i was lucky to learn in the times of windows 3.0, norton commander and briefly ms-dos. but that was very long time ago and most of that knowledge it is buried in years, since the operating systems have became more user friendly.
after successfully making recently the transition from windows to linux mint on my old laptop, i've purchased an old imac from 2009 and decided to make it my new home pc, with linux ubuntu 20.4 as os and then the issue started. after installation, at the restart, the screen goes black, while the hdd and the rest of the machine still operates. no display at all.
here is what i did: make a bootable usb flash drive, started the imac and booted from the usb, holding the opt key. all good so far, i've clicked on instal the os on the computer, then the screen went black. after a few days of research online, with the help of this thread, i've made a bit of progress by entering in the edit mode of the grub / boot by pressing "e" key and introducing the "nomodeset" command and this time i managed to install the new os on the imac, it went trough all the process of choosing the user, password, the language, zone and all the others. at the end i get a message saying that the computer needs a restart before all the changes will apply so after clicking on restart now, the computer starts and quickly goes in black screen mode and does not come back.
the imac specs are as follows:
2009 model
intel core i7 cpu [email protected] ghz x 8 processor
16 gb of ram
llvmpipe(LLVM 11.0.0, 128 bits graphics
1 tb hdd
the version of the os that i am trying to install it's the following: ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64
the mac was working perfectly with the apple os so the machine it's ok. i've looked everywhere online but i could not find the solution to my problem, the most far away i've reached with the help from this thread but im my case the solution did not completely worked, maybe because the op's case was not with a mac machine. i've tried so far about 5 or 6 linux versions and it happened the same with every version (mint, deepin, manjaro, ubuntu 2 versions, kubuntu, kali) installed. i would very much like to get the mac working with ubuntu 20.4, i like very much the look of it but ultimately i would like to have the imac working with a proper installed linux system.
any of you good, knowledgeable people have any idea of what the problem can be and how to solve it?
many thanks in advance and peace to all
new, rookie linux user here, needing help and since my issue it's very similar with op's, i've decided to post it here.
first, a few things regarding my experience with computers, i have a very little, very basic knowledge about pc's and operating systems, i was lucky to learn in the times of windows 3.0, norton commander and briefly ms-dos. but that was very long time ago and most of that knowledge it is buried in years, since the operating systems have became more user friendly.
after successfully making recently the transition from windows to linux mint on my old laptop, i've purchased an old imac from 2009 and decided to make it my new home pc, with linux ubuntu 20.4 as os and then the issue started. after installation, at the restart, the screen goes black, while the hdd and the rest of the machine still operates. no display at all.
here is what i did: make a bootable usb flash drive, started the imac and booted from the usb, holding the opt key. all good so far, i've clicked on instal the os on the computer, then the screen went black. after a few days of research online, with the help of this thread, i've made a bit of progress by entering in the edit mode of the grub / boot by pressing "e" key and introducing the "nomodeset" command and this time i managed to install the new os on the imac, it went trough all the process of choosing the user, password, the language, zone and all the others. at the end i get a message saying that the computer needs a restart before all the changes will apply so after clicking on restart now, the computer starts and quickly goes in black screen mode and does not come back.
the imac specs are as follows:
2009 model
intel core i7 cpu [email protected] ghz x 8 processor
16 gb of ram
llvmpipe(LLVM 11.0.0, 128 bits graphics
1 tb hdd
the version of the os that i am trying to install it's the following: ubuntu-20.04.2.0-desktop-amd64
the mac was working perfectly with the apple os so the machine it's ok. i've looked everywhere online but i could not find the solution to my problem, the most far away i've reached with the help from this thread but im my case the solution did not completely worked, maybe because the op's case was not with a mac machine. i've tried so far about 5 or 6 linux versions and it happened the same with every version (mint, deepin, manjaro, ubuntu 2 versions, kubuntu, kali) installed. i would very much like to get the mac working with ubuntu 20.4, i like very much the look of it but ultimately i would like to have the imac working with a proper installed linux system.
any of you good, knowledgeable people have any idea of what the problem can be and how to solve it?
many thanks in advance and peace to all