ijdickinson
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I'm trying to install Ubuntu 18.10 on a 15.6" Cosmos VII with the NVidia GTX 1050 graphics card, and having major problems. Every other Ubuntu installation I've done in the past has gone smoothly, this is the first one that I've really run into a wall on.
* The first problem was that the boot disk hangs while either trying to "Try Ubuntu" or "Install Ubuntu". Googling suggests that this is due to graphics driver issues, and to add "nomodeset" to the grub boot command. This does indeed stop it hanging, but:
* the second problem is that with nomodeset on grub, the aspect ratio of the installer is out-of-whack, and some of the dialog boxes are off screen. It's kind-of OK because I can tab to the "ok" button to proceed through the installation, but then:
* having completed the installer, and booted to the Ubuntu login menu, when I login I get the "black screen of death" - a mouse pointer, but then everything freezes up. Again, googling suggests graphics driver issues, but the suggested work around is to install the nvidia drivers and I can't get a console up with ctl-alt-F2, even from the boot screen
* I also can't get the Grub boot menu to appear. The suggested route, hitting shift after the BIOS boot, doens't work. Hitting ESC *does* get the grub command line interface, but I'm not sure what I need to do from there to get a text-mode boot.
So, a bit of a litany of woe! Very happy to receive any suggestions!
Thanks,
Ian
* The first problem was that the boot disk hangs while either trying to "Try Ubuntu" or "Install Ubuntu". Googling suggests that this is due to graphics driver issues, and to add "nomodeset" to the grub boot command. This does indeed stop it hanging, but:
* the second problem is that with nomodeset on grub, the aspect ratio of the installer is out-of-whack, and some of the dialog boxes are off screen. It's kind-of OK because I can tab to the "ok" button to proceed through the installation, but then:
* having completed the installer, and booted to the Ubuntu login menu, when I login I get the "black screen of death" - a mouse pointer, but then everything freezes up. Again, googling suggests graphics driver issues, but the suggested work around is to install the nvidia drivers and I can't get a console up with ctl-alt-F2, even from the boot screen
* I also can't get the Grub boot menu to appear. The suggested route, hitting shift after the BIOS boot, doens't work. Hitting ESC *does* get the grub command line interface, but I'm not sure what I need to do from there to get a text-mode boot.
So, a bit of a litany of woe! Very happy to receive any suggestions!
Thanks,
Ian