Problem:
During installation of CentOS the installer screen goes black.
- The terminal multiplexer is running in virtual console 1.
- To switch from the graphical installation environment to tmux, press Ctrl+Alt+F1.
- To go back to the main installation interface which runs in virtual console 6, press Ctrl+Alt+F6.
Available tmux Windows
| Shortcut | Contents |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+b 1 | Main installation program window. Contains text-based prompts (during text mode installation or if you use VNC Direct Mode), and also some debugging information. |
| Ctrl+b 2 | Interactive shell prompt with root privileges. |
| Ctrl+b 3 | Installation log; displays messages stored in /tmp/anaconda.log. |
| Ctrl+b 4 | Storage log; displays messages related storage devices from kernel and system services, stored in /tmp/storage.log. |
| Ctrl+b 5 | Program log; displays messages from other system utilities, stored in /tmp/program.log. |
Switching to Terminal Ctrl+Alt+F1 you see
X startup failed, falling back to text modePane is dead (signal 10)
Solution:
install system with basic video driverinstall in text mode by adding "inst.text" to the end of the GRUB boot line- Press ENTER to continue with the normal boot.
- Make selection from the above menu. Perform configuration and return back to the main menu by pressing the c key. Once ready begin the RHEL 8 installation by pressing the b key.
