Black screen after boot

  • Hello! So I recently tried installing LibreELEC on my old macbook pro from mid 2011 (I've installed a ton of OS's on it without problem.)

    After installing the OS from the USB stick, I rebooted and then it showed the Logo with the splash text "Just enough OS for KODI".

    A few seconds later the screen flashes white and turns off, The fans are still running so there is still activity on the machine.

    I read a post on here saying that old hardware might not be fully supported on recent versions so I decided to install the earliest version I could find, (7.x) and same issue. This version should work with my hardware so I'm very confused on why this is happening.

  • Mac hardware isn't particularly well supported under Linux despite the general similarity to PC hardware. You're more likely to have success with a bleeding edge image rather than an old one. Perhaps force SSH on with "ssh" in boot params so you can connect and look for issues.