My cousin has a pc which runs windows10. Being very enthusiastic I convinced him to install GNU/Linux and I was helping him do it… while the installation, as calamares was doing stuff, the graphics was behaving weird and it remained like that…
Specs (while trying to install Mint, please dont mind )
System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-74-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.4 wm: muffin 5.0.1 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: H81M-S v: x.x serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F2 date: 08/19/2015
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Pentium G3240 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 12370
Speed: 1161 MHz min/max: 800/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 929 2: 940
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:0402
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics (HSW GT1) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.2.6
compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:0c0c
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
chip ID: 8086:8c20
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-74-generic
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e000 bus ID: 02:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 320.19 GiB used: 4.20 GiB (1.3%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST3320311CS size: 298.09 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 5900 rpm serial: <filter> rev: SC13 temp: 29 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra size: 14.61 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: HP model: v220w size: 7.49 GiB
serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 1.87 GiB used: 87.0 MiB (4.5%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 29.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 190 Uptime: 3m Memory: 3.75 GiB used: 1.00 GiB (26.7%)
Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash
v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38
this same thing happened with Zorin, MX, Mint and Manjaro (in this order)… so i’m not sure whether its a issue of software or hardware… but when i opened windows 10 before trying to install linux, it seemed working. though i had it opened for like 10 minutes only… (also when i’m booting into the live usb, i can see mint partitions, but it wont boot)
i just dont want to install that proprietary OS before returning it to him…
any help/guide/direction would be helpful … thanks in advance