All Linux installs black screen?

Bobmunkhouse said:
I'm using ubuntu 24.04.2 but the issue is the same in all Linux flavours I have tried have had same issues...as I say I have not tried Linux before so not sure what I'm doing....will have to Google commands for terminal installation process....seems people have stuck with Windows for a reason...
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Have you tried to install Windows with the AMD GPU? If it works you know it isn't a hardware issue. If it doesn't you know the GPU is fried. Once you know the hardware is fine we can work on the Linux side of things.
 
Cromulent said:
Have you tried to install Windows with the AMD GPU? If it works you know it isn't a hardware issue. If it doesn't you know the GPU is fried. Once you know the hardware is fine we can work on the Linux side of things.
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Yeah GPU is fine I was running windows but wiped it due windows 10 going end of support....
 

I don’t know what anyone else thinks, but as a Linux newbie it seems to me that you’ll be making life difficult for yourself with that old card.

Ubuntu is hard to beat for hardware compatibility and its ability to set itself up automatically. However, the AMD R9 390 ceased receiving support for proprietary drivers as of Ubuntu 16 and transitioned to using the AMD open-source driver. As noted in the Mint link mentioned above, it was suggested to modify the boot command for it to function properly. If you wish to utilise the current AMD proprietary drivers, you'll need to enable the HWE stack on Ubuntu, which also requires using the command line.

A lot of piddling about that you don't normally need to do with Ubuntu.
 
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Ice Tea said:

I don’t know what anyone else thinks, but as a Linux newbie it seems to me that you’ll be making life difficult for yourself with that old card.

Ubuntu is hard to beat for hardware compatibility and its ability to set itself up automatically. However, the AMD R9 360 ceased receiving support for proprietary drivers as of Ubuntu 16 and transitioned to using the AMD open-source driver. As noted in the Mint link mentioned above, it was suggested to modify the boot command for it to function properly. If you wish to utilise the current AMD proprietary drivers, you'll need to enable the HWE stack on Ubuntu, which also requires using the command line.

A lot of piddling about that you don't normally need to do with Ubuntu.
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Hmmm yeah was trying to get some life out of an old pc.... I guess I can look for a cheap 2nd hand card...it's all very old but did play old games ok...so was planning on setting up just for steam big picture for my son.... Maybe Xbox series S or steam deck is sensible thing really but always like to do the more complicated thing...
 
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