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Mint USB boots black screen
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this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2025
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It probably already has the necessary drivers, but there's just some configuration issue.
See if using
nomodesethelps. If you can get it working well enough to be able to install and boot Mint, you can then troubleshoot the problem.You also mentioned having similar problems with Ubuntu. Consider giving LMDE a try. It stands for Linux Mint Debian Edition, and should have similar user experience as normal Mint. Normal Mint is based on Ubuntu.
'nomodeset' didn't so anything for me. At the request of another user, I successfully got into system rescues desktop environment