Static while booting zorin

[ZorinKusu]

So recently I installed Zorin on my Acer laptop with an AMD A4 CPU and I get this static after booting up I can't even log in, this happened on Linux mint as well.

Some help with this would be greatly appreciated.

[Aravisian]

@ZorinKusu

AMD A4 CPU

What graphics card are you using?
You may need to enter recovery mode,

[HOW TO] enter Recovery Grub Menu (Advanced Options for Zorin)

To enter the Recovery Menu on Zorin OS if using Legacy (MBR) boot, you can hold or tap the Left Shift key at boot to be offered the Advanced Options for Zorin Grub menu. If using EFI Boot, then tap the esc key vigorously. Some users report that the tab key worked, instead. You might think that this is pretty straight-forward. However... Some BIOS are programmed to ignore a key being held down, as it is assumed to be pressed by accident or a stuck key. Cat on keyboard, coffee... The BIOS prog…

then add the nomodeset grub parameter using the terminal in Recovery Menu.
From the recovery Menu, arrow key down to Root -Drop to prompt, then tap the enter key.

[HOW TO] add a grub parameter

There may be times that a user must add a specialized grub parameter in order to overcome an issue. The purpose of this guide is not to provide parameters, as that would be a case by case basis. It is to provide a guide on how to add one. To add a parameter, in a terminal (TTY, Recovery Prompt or Terminal Emulator) run: sudo nano /etc/default/grub Arrow key down to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" and place your parameter within the quotation tags. For example if you are adding th…

[ZorinKusu]

Thanks I'll try it when I get back, I'm not sure how to check my graphics card.

[ZorinKusu]

So I tapped the esc key multiple times but now I'm in the grub menu, and it says "error: can't find command 'nomodeset'. In the Grub terminal.

[Aravisian]

@ZorinKusu

So I tapped the esc key multiple times but now I'm in the grub menu, and it says "error: can't find command 'nomodeset'. In the Grub terminal.

Please follow the directions provided:

[HOW TO] add a grub parameter

There may be times that a user must add a specialized grub parameter in order to overcome an issue. The purpose of this guide is not to provide parameters, as that would be a case by case basis. It is to provide a guide on how to add one. To add a parameter, in a terminal (TTY, Recovery Prompt or Terminal Emulator) run: sudo nano /etc/default/grub Arrow key down to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" and place your parameter within the quotation tags. For example if you are adding th…

[ZorinKusu]

I installed Ubuntu for a tiny bit to do what you said and modify the "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"" in Nano and when I reinstalled ZorinOS it still displays static when booting.

[Aravisian]

@ZorinKusu

I installed Ubuntu for a tiny bit to do what you said and modify the "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"" in Nano and when I reinstalled ZorinOS it still displays static when booting.

I do not understand this statement. Why would you need to install Ubuntu?

If you installed and made changes on Ubuntu, that would affect the Ubuntu install, not the Zorin OS install.

Please boot Zorin OS, but access the Recovery Menu instead of proceeding to a full normal boot.

[HOW TO] enter Recovery Grub Menu (Advanced Options for Zorin)

To enter the Recovery Menu on Zorin OS if using Legacy (MBR) boot, you can hold or tap the Left Shift key at boot to be offered the Advanced Options for Zorin Grub menu. If using EFI Boot, then tap the esc key vigorously. Some users report that the tab key worked, instead. You might think that this is pretty straight-forward. However... Some BIOS are programmed to ignore a key being held down, as it is assumed to be pressed by accident or a stuck key. Cat on keyboard, coffee... The BIOS prog…

In the recovery menu, arrow key down to Root - Drop to Prompt.
Hit the enter key
In that terminal window, run the commands to change Grub File adding the nomodeset parameter:

[HOW TO] add a grub parameter

There may be times that a user must add a specialized grub parameter in order to overcome an issue. The purpose of this guide is not to provide parameters, as that would be a case by case basis. It is to provide a guide on how to add one. To add a parameter, in a terminal (TTY, Recovery Prompt or Terminal Emulator) run: sudo nano /etc/default/grub Arrow key down to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" and place your parameter within the quotation tags. For example if you are adding th…

Alternatively, you can try testing the new Zorin OS 17 Beta now available instead of installing Zorin OS 16.3:

A Sneak Peek at Zorin OS 17

[ZorinKusu]

I did what you said by adding a parameter in recovery mode, I found out that to get to my "Advanced Options" I had to hold "Alt & f10" then I added the parameter in terminal and it works fine now, thanks sorry I took so long to reply I thought I had to switch to a different OS like Ubuntu to add the parameter at first but then I understood.

(It runs a little bit slower now but I think that's fine.)

[ZorinKusu]

One more thing is there a way to remove this during boot?

It shows this when I turn on my laptop then shows the zorin logo

[Aravisian]

These are likely caused by the addition of nomodeset parameter as it affects the GPU modesetting.

You can try adding loglevel=3 as a parameter in the same way you added nomodeset.

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset loglevel=3"

Please be sure to run sudo update-grub after you save the grub file with ctrl+o, enter, ctrl+x.