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      scottalanmiller
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      Tried booting from DVD instead, and it behaves very different. Takes maybe ten minutes, is very slow and eventually drops me to a root login, which is useless as there is no password. So something is wrong but who knows what it is. But it is getting much farther, but not in a useful way.

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        thwr
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        https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2312977&p=13437524#post13437524

        Could you check oldfred's post (#7) and the following post #9? Looks like ASUS ROG is know for needing a kernel parameter, pci=nomsi.

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          scottalanmiller @thwr
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          @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

          https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2312977&p=13437524#post13437524

          Could you check oldfred's post (#7) and the following post #9? Looks like ASUS ROG is know for needing a kernel parameter, pci=nomsi.

          Testing this one now.

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            scottalanmiller
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            Start up is still painfully slow. It'll be a bit before I know if this worked or not.

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              thwr @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

              Start up is still painfully slow. It'll be a bit before I know if this worked or not.

              Looks like something is waiting for timeout

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                scottalanmiller @thwr
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                @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                Start up is still painfully slow. It'll be a bit before I know if this worked or not.

                Looks like something is waiting for timeout

                Sort of, but it just keeps moving as well.

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                  thwr @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller so you got further than before?

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                    scottalanmiller @thwr
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                    @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                    @scottalanmiller so you got further than before?

                    Nope, it just dropped me at the stupid login prompt again 😞

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                      thwr @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                      @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                      @scottalanmiller so you got further than before?

                      Nope, it just dropped me at the stupid login prompt again 😞

                      You get to a non-X login prompt? I thought your system is freezing while loading kernel modules 😉

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                        scottalanmiller @thwr
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                        @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                        @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                        @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                        @scottalanmiller so you got further than before?

                        Nope, it just dropped me at the stupid login prompt again 😞

                        You get to a non-X login prompt? I thought your system is freezing while loading kernel modules 😉

                        No, it gets to a useless prompt. A prompt means that it has failed. It is supposed to drop to a live desktop that allows for doing installs.

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                          thwr @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                          @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                          @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                          @scottalanmiller so you got further than before?

                          Nope, it just dropped me at the stupid login prompt again 😞

                          You get to a non-X login prompt? I thought your system is freezing while loading kernel modules 😉

                          No, it gets to a useless prompt. A prompt means that it has failed. It is supposed to drop to a live desktop that allows for doing installs.

                          Ah ok, assumed something else when I had a look at the picture you posted above. Sorry, can't help here - you are probably much more proficient with desktops on Linux.

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                            Romo
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                            @scottalanmiller how about trying this. Found it in ask Ubuntu:

                            I carried out a fresh install of 16.04 on my ASUS GL552VW.

                            The only additional GRUB parameters I entered (for installation and normal boot) were:

                            nouveau.modeset=0
                            

                            To stop Nouveau from taking over.

                            Once I'd installed the nVidia 361.42 drivers, through the Additional Drivers tab in Software Updater, I had to disable Secure Boot. (Secure boot stops unsigned kernel modules loading)

                            With those settings, everything works. Touchpad, Skylake support, nVidia graphics @ 1920x1080, Wifi, Bluetooth, keyboard backlight.

                            Installation of 16.04 is much less hassle than previous versions.

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                              scottalanmiller @thwr
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                              @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                              @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                              @thwr said in Linux Installation Issues:

                              @scottalanmiller so you got further than before?

                              Nope, it just dropped me at the stupid login prompt again 😞

                              You get to a non-X login prompt? I thought your system is freezing while loading kernel modules 😉

                              No, it gets to a useless prompt. A prompt means that it has failed. It is supposed to drop to a live desktop that allows for doing installs.

                              Ah ok, assumed something else when I had a look at the picture you posted above. Sorry, can't help here - you are probably much more proficient with desktops on Linux.

                              I've moved on from that issue 🙂 Safe mode seems to bypass it.

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                                scottalanmiller @Romo
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                                @Romo said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                I carried out a fresh install of 16.04 on my ASUS GL552VW.

                                We have the same laptop? that's awesome! LOL

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                                  scottalanmiller @Romo
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                                  @Romo said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                  Installation of 16.04 is much less hassle than previous versions.

                                  In theory, this is 16.04 under the hood.

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                                    scottalanmiller @Romo
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                                    @Romo said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                    With those settings, everything works. Touchpad, Skylake support, nVidia graphics @ 1920x1080, Wifi, Bluetooth, keyboard backlight.

                                    That's more than works under Windows 10!

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                                      Romo @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                      @Romo said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                      I carried out a fresh install of 16.04 on my ASUS GL552VW.

                                      We have the same laptop? that's awesome! LOL

                                      No, it is a quote from ask Ubuntu, I just can't format it while using my mobile

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                                        scottalanmiller @Romo
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                                        @Romo said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                        The only additional GRUB parameters I entered (for installation and normal boot) were:

                                        nouveau.modeset=0
                                        

                                        Testing now. Did you install from DVD or USB Stick?

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                                          scottalanmiller
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                                          Still attempting that latest book. Nearly fifteen minutes of booting. Insane number of NMI Watchdog errors. Not sure if it is moving forward or not.

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                                            DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said in Linux Installation Issues:

                                            Still attempting that latest book. Nearly fifteen minutes of booting. Insane number of NMI Watchdog errors. Not sure if it is moving forward or not.

                                            I know this likely isn't what you want to do, but why not just create a bootable / writable live USB (using a microusb) and chose to boot from that when needed?

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