I just got a new custom laptop. No OS installed.
Specs:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5 VRAM
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Processor
16GB RAM
Crucial MX300 525GB SATA 3 M.2 SSD
1TB 7200RPM HDD
So, I first tried to install KDE neon on it. I had to edit the bootline with [#]nosplash nouveau.modeset=0 [/#] or else it froze during the neon splash screen, but adding those params fixed the issue.
However, the installer was broken in other ways (not corrupted, the checksum was fine - it's just buggy). So I then tried installing Kubuntu 17.10 instead.
The Kubuntu install went smoothly, in fact I didn't even need to edit the bootline - no nouveau issues (initially).
After installing and booting Kubuntu for the first time, though, this is what happened:
1. Kubuntu splash appears (with the blue glow)
2. Login screen appears
3. I type my password and click log in
4. Plasma splash shows briefly, then everything freezes
On subsequent boots, the plasma splash doesn't even show, it's just black.
I wasn't able to get into tty - none of the keyboard shortcuts I tried worked, if you have any suggestions please tell me.
My sysadmin coworker had a Mageia recovery USB (it was the only one we could find in the office!) and plugged that in and was able to mount my drive and edit the bootline that way. But said he wouldn't be able to run update-grub from the live usb (for reasons I don't fully understand) and instead he manually edited the file that update-grub normally generates, to match the bootline.
After rebooting we still got a black screen after logging in.
I would really appreciate some help with this, as I have no idea what to try next...
Specs:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2GB GDDR5 VRAM
Intel Core i7-7700HQ Processor
16GB RAM
Crucial MX300 525GB SATA 3 M.2 SSD
1TB 7200RPM HDD
So, I first tried to install KDE neon on it. I had to edit the bootline with [#]nosplash nouveau.modeset=0 [/#] or else it froze during the neon splash screen, but adding those params fixed the issue.
However, the installer was broken in other ways (not corrupted, the checksum was fine - it's just buggy). So I then tried installing Kubuntu 17.10 instead.
The Kubuntu install went smoothly, in fact I didn't even need to edit the bootline - no nouveau issues (initially).
After installing and booting Kubuntu for the first time, though, this is what happened:
1. Kubuntu splash appears (with the blue glow)
2. Login screen appears
3. I type my password and click log in
4. Plasma splash shows briefly, then everything freezes
On subsequent boots, the plasma splash doesn't even show, it's just black.
I wasn't able to get into tty - none of the keyboard shortcuts I tried worked, if you have any suggestions please tell me.
My sysadmin coworker had a Mageia recovery USB (it was the only one we could find in the office!) and plugged that in and was able to mount my drive and edit the bootline that way. But said he wouldn't be able to run update-grub from the live usb (for reasons I don't fully understand) and instead he manually edited the file that update-grub normally generates, to match the bootline.
After rebooting we still got a black screen after logging in.
I would really appreciate some help with this, as I have no idea what to try next...
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