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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

We will prepare another testing media and post here. Thanks

Mark13

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

Thank you. Will be glad to try it out.

q4osteam

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

We have uploaded a new testing .iso "q4os-x64-experimental-rb002.iso" to https://sourceforge.net/projects/q4os/files/testing/ . Please try to boot it, use the first boot option "Q4OS Live system (amd64)" and post back.

md5sum:
95bccb43cbf4c98a38a0de2e575e2208  q4os-x64-experimental-rb002.iso

Mark13

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

With exp 002 when I start the live installer the 2 lines of text that appeared when I earlier tried the fail-safe mode:

EFI Stub: Loaded initrd from Linux_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device path
EFI Stub: Measured initrd data into PCR 9

and then it continued with the long scrolling text for a few seconds and then the screen when blank with no further video output.

I then tried the install option, that displayed a short error message for 1~2 seconds before launching the standard Debian installer that allowed me to proceed all the way through the setup process steps up to writing to disk - where I stopped.

Would you like me to proceed with this attempted direct install option, or wait on an updated live installer?

Regards,

q4osteam

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

Would you like me to proceed with this attempted direct install option .. ?

No, please wait for the third testing iso. The only live option is important at the moment.

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

We have uploaded two more .isos "-rb003" and "-rb004" https://sourceforge.net/projects/q4os/files/testing/. Please try to boot them, use the first "live" option, and post back. Give the boot process some time for initialization.

md5sums:
abf10b2d82b685a9a7fc95ea47c072e9  q4os-x64-experimental-rb003.iso
64d30eadfde3de58d21ccfb3cb3264ae  q4os-x64-experimental-rb004.iso

Last edited by q4osteam (2025-11-05 13:53)

Mark13

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

Will try out both of them and report back.

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

003 & 004 boot results:

003 - Different short text displayed and then scrolling text - then just blank screen - waited 2+ minutes - no video displayed.

004 - Short text displayed but not in boxed format like earlier messages - no scrolling text - then blank screen - waited 2+ minutes - no video displayed.

q4osteam

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

How do you create the bootable USB ?

Mark13

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

With KDE Image Writer on Tuxedo OS. Other ISO's created here have worked without issue.

q4osteam

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

With KDE Image Writer on Tuxedo OS. Other ISO's created here have worked without issue.

Well, that should be fine.

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

004 - Short text displayed but not in boxed format like earlier messages - no scrolling text - then blank screen - waited 2+ minutes - no video displayed.

That's really puzzling. The "q4os-x64-experimental-rb004.iso" is actually the same file as Debian 13.1 Plasma live "debian-live-13.1.0-amd64-kde.iso", only renamed. So the next step would be to try booting again with the original ""debian-live-13.1.0-amd64-kde.iso"" . Download from the official Debian source https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/cu … so-hybrid/

Would you try it please ?

md5sums:
64d30eadfde3de58d21ccfb3cb3264ae  q4os-x64-experimental-rb004.iso
64d30eadfde3de58d21ccfb3cb3264ae  debian-live-13.1.0-amd64-kde.iso

Mark13

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

Yes, I will.

q4osteam

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

Yes, I will.

+1

Thanks again for the testing. Regardless of the possible outcome, it is definitely valuable because we have already found room for a few improvements during this process.

Mark13

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

Downloaded:

debian-live-13.1.0-amd64-kde.iso

It also starts with scrolling text and then goes to black screen and no video output.

So I guess there is no simple solution.

Thank you for letting me try some options.

If you have anything in the future you would like me to try, just let me know.

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q4osteam

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

Yes, it is definitely an upstream one. From previous posts, we understood that you managed to boot Debian live before. So the process could be a bit easier. Never mind, it was valuable anyway, all good. If you find anything worth mentioning about Q4OS, let us know

Mark13

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Re: 6.1 Q4OS Install with Nvidia GPU - No Video Output To Complete Instal

I certainly will. Thank you for your assistance and cooperation.

Regards,