Alex, It's unclear how long this bug will take to get resolved, if at all. Even if you find the machine does start up after 15 minutes or so, it might not perform well enough to be usable.
If you would like to use Ubuntu on it then maybe the lighter weight Lubuntu is a better solution right now: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/18.04/release/lubuntu-18.04.1 -desktop-amd64.iso -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1811599 Title: When booting, the computer hangs at a purple screen and no login prompt is ever displayed [Apple Macbook 2,1 - Intel GMA 950] Status in gdm3 package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04.1, on its first boot, the computer hung at a purple screen. No login prompt was ever displayed. After holding the power button, the computer boot into Ubuntu without difficulty. I applied the workaround described in bug 1727356, uncommenting WaylandEnable=False and rebooted the machine, but it again hung at the purple screen. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: gdm3 3.28.3-0ubuntu18.04.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-43.46-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Jan 13 10:59:26 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-11 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) mtime.conffile..etc.gdm3.custom.conf: 2019-01-11T10:47:37.073441 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1811599/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
