Briefly describe your issue below:
I installed parrot with the gtk installer and I’m getting a rainbow screen. I installed it normally followed the instructions to a t, my pc restarts and I get the grub screen, which allows me to boot to windows 10 but when I choose grub, parrot briefly comes up but then goes to a rainbow line across the top, when I choose launch parrot with nvidia off it goes to black screen with blinking underscore
What version of Parrot are you running? (include version (e.g. 4.6), edition(e.g. Home//
DE/OVA, etc.), and architecture (currently we only support amd64)
Parrot 4.8 64 bit mate What method did you use to install Parrot? (Debian Standard / Debian GTK / parrot-experimental)
Debian gtk Configured to multiboot with other systems? (yes / no)
Yes windows 10 List your hardware specs to include make, model and firmware (when applicable):
Alienware Aurora r9 gtx 2080 super 16 GB ram, i7 processor If there are any similar issues or solutions, link to them below:
If there are any error messages or relevant logs, post them below:
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I_Have_Treasure
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Welcome to the ParrotOS Community
Maybe You need to Install Nvidia Graphics Drivers if you have already done this then it might be some other problem .
I_Have_Treasure
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Did you verify the checksums of your Downloaded Parrot OS ISO ?
Did you created the boot device as advised ? (Here)
If your machine is CSM capable (which is a full UEFI implementation with an emulated BIOS layer) after selecting any option from the grub list the system will hang at a black screen.
The picture above actually only confirms your DVD/USB booted using UEFI and there will be some means in firmware settings to ensure drives are booted in order to make the UEFI installer run (a solution may possibly be as simple as ensuring SATA is set to AHCI) - check your vendors manual!
What you need to do first is to disable SECURE BOOT in the firmware settings.Or
If you cannot find UEFI settings then enable CSM - this will disable the UEFI booting of the installer and then allow a legacy/BIOS install.
For Nvidia graphics card, follow these steps:
In the GRUB menu at startup, press e ; then,
Use the arrow keys to replace quiet splash with nomodeset.
Then press the Ctrl+x key combination to boot.
May be Helpful - Edit Grub parameters
Thanks for the reply, I used etcher, SATA is set to AHCI, but the option to change uefi in my bios settings is greyed out, I don’t think my machine is compatible with legacy
I_Have_Treasure
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Did you try out the Methods mentioned below?
if not may try if it works
For Nvidia graphics card, follow these steps:
In the GRUB menu at startup, press e ; then,
Use the arrow keys to replace quiet splash with nomodeset .
I did what you said and tried a few other commands and now it’s just a blinking screen with blinking underscore and it says unable to bind the code. I can still log into parrot, is there maybe a command I can try when I log in
