Public bug reported: I would like to install Ubuntu to brand new Acer notebook computer, but the Ubuntu 12.10 installation CD fails to get X-windows visible with EFI BIOS. With legacy BIOS the booting works fine, but as I would like to keep installed Windows 8 available in dual boot, I must install also the Ubuntu under EFI BIOS.
With UEFI BIOS activated, the Ubuntu 12.10 installation CD booting starts fine with either burned CD or USB stick. The first obstacle is the Optimus system with Intel HD 4000 and NVidia 650M graphics cards. Trying to boot directly would only show black screen. Therefore I add the 'nomodeset' option to command line. Then the CD boots to Linux all the way, except for the X-windows, which never becomes visible. This is most likely related to Optimus graphics card controlling. The red dots under Ubuntu logo stops blinking after few minutes. I don't know how to get further. I am willing to try other boot options and to provide further debugging information if I get instructions on what to do. For now I cannot provide even dmesg.txt or any other information about the boot process because I can not log in to Linux. (These instructions do not help me: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingCasper) As there are plenty of variants of Acer laptops, I attach full description of my HW (and BIOS version) as collected from Windows. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Attachment added: "Computer HW information from Windows" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1094279/+attachment/3469635/+files/AcerAspireV3-771g.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1094279 Title: 12.10 LiveCD won't boot to X-windows with EFI in Acer Aspire V3-771g To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1094279/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
