Install screen is too big

[Vaillant]

Hello,

I'm just wanting to start playing with PBS but I cannot install it.

When I boot from the iso everything is great.


But after choosing the graphical interface my screen is oversize and I can't manage anything.

I also tried console and terminal UI which just give me a black screen.

How can I install?

 

[cheiss]

Hi,

that looks really weird, never seen that before. What kind of hardware do you have (esp. graphics card would be interesting!)

In any case, you can try booting with the nomodeset kernel parameter, which prevents any graphic drivers from loading during boot and should hopefully prevent this mess.

1. Navigate to the Install Proxmox VE (Terminal UI) entry in the first screen
2. Press e on your keyboard
3. Navigate to the line which begins with linux using the arrow keys.
4. Go to the very end of the line and add nomodeset, separated by a space from everything before
5. Press F10 to boot that configuration

 

[Vaillant]

Thank Cheiss, unfortunately that did not work.

I'm trying to install Proxmox Backup Server on this machine not PVE.

I went into Terminal UI my screen is totally black but still shows a signal. Presse the e key did not do anything.

I'm trying to install on an old Dell Poweredge T300 which was given to me. So there is no graphic whatsoever.

 

[ocueye]

I see I am not the only one to install ProxMox on a steam deck

 

[A. Schippers]

I had the same issue, add nomodeset and remove vga=788 did the job, just adding nomodeset didn't work out.

Thanks for the hint.

By the way, the hardware is some el-cheapo router-board hardware from china (N100). This was for me also the first time I saw it.

 

[Vaillant]

I see I am not the only one to install ProxMox on a steam deck

PowerEdge T300.

@A. Schippers Thanks for the tip I will give it a try.

 

[A. Schippers]

After installing, the same problem occurred; in /etc/default/grub uncommenting

GRUB_TERMINAL=console

(and then running grub-mkconfig), fixed the problem also on that site.