Kubuntu 24.10 install issues

[skyfishgoo]

On a side note. I have a somewhat random but yet slightly related question. I have two physically IDENTICAL usb drives. On one i have kubuntu 24.10 and on the second i have 24.04. Is there anyway of differentiating between the two WITHOUT booting from them?

do a

cat /etc/os-release

on each one an see what it says.

[TheYikes]

Hey guys, ok i felt somewhat compelled to post this. I don't know if it will work for a clean install but it FINALLY let me into the "Try Kubuntu" option. As your booting from the pen drive when it gives you the options of "Try or Install" tap the "E" key. In the screen that appears modify the line that says "linux /boot/vmlinuz-... root=UID=... ro quiet splash " simply add "nomodeset" WITHOUT THE inverted Commas. and press CTRL-X. I won't know for sure if the install will work until i get my nvme drive in the next day or so. But for those of you who are having difficulty booting 24.10 this might help.

[kernelbasher]

OK I know it may seem like I'm a glutton for punishment but i tried clean installing kubuntu 24.10 AGAIN. Once again as soon as i selected either Try or Install kubuntu i got a black screen. The mouse and keyboard are responsive but all i get is a black screen with the mouse icon. I did however discover the pressing "CTRL-ALT-F4 or F3 did give me a terminal that i can login using Username: Kubuntu and a blank password. I know i'm getting close. It's really got me scratching my head.

Sorry
Did you say if you had tried 24.04 and then an upgrade?

[claydoh]

Hey guys, ok i felt somewhat compelled to post this. I don't know if it will work for a clean install but it FINALLY let me into the "Try Kubuntu" option. As your booting from the pen drive when it gives you the options of "Try or Install" tap the "E" key. In the screen that appears modify the line that says "linux /boot/vmlinuz-... root=UID=... ro quiet splash " simply add "nomodeset" WITHOUT THE inverted Commas. and press CTRL-X. I won't know for sure if the install will work until i get my nvme drive in the next day or so. But for those of you who are having difficulty booting 24.10 this might help.

This is for video card (not driver) anomalies, so may not work or be valid for everyone.
Trying the "Safe Graphics" option when booting should work, too. iirc it ends up doing much the same thing as nomodeset - keeping things in a low level graphics state which probably won't crap out.




The installer uses a basic but more performant video driver that *should* work with the vast majority of systems, but some don't play well with every kernel. Nomodeset goes even lower, to a VESA driver or something. Usually, the installed system will boot normally without any special parameters - nomodeset is not good for daily use cases or decent screen resolutions.

[TheYikes]

Ok I'm still in trouble. I've manged to install 24.10 but as soon as it's about to load the login screen it goes black and freezes.

[TheYikes]

I tried updating from 24.04 to current, it worked before but now it's not functioning

[TheYikes]

Ok I'm back! So as it transpires Running a clean install of 24.10 fails, everytime. However if i install 24.04 and i upgrade my nvidia Graphics card driver PRIOR and and i run

sudo do-release-upgrade

it works just fine.
Not quite the solution i was looking for but at least I'm running 24.10 now. So based on this information I'm surmising it's a software issue.


edit: apologies I meant HARDWARE!

[TheYikes]

Ok I'm not sure if I'm about to ask the dumbest question on KFN but here goes. So is it possible to preinstall my GPU drivers before updating linux? I have a feeling i already know
the answer to this but why now ask anyway. It's not like I'm going to be shot for asking.... I hope!

[claydoh]

Ok I'm not sure if I'm about to ask the dumbest question on KFN but here goes

Lol, we don't keep track, since there is no such thing

So is it possible to preinstall my GPU drivers before updating linux? I have a feeling i already know
the answer to this but why now ask anyway. It's not like I'm going to be shot for asking.... I hope!

Not sure what you mean. They are either installed or not installed.


Also, I wonder if this blank screen issue is still a thing like it seems to be in 24.04?
Just another thing to toss at the wall.
https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/...106#post684106

[TheYikes]

Hi Claydoh. I'm sorry for both the delay in responding and the poorly phrased question. Essentially what i meant was is there anyway of modifying the gpu drivers on the bootable pen drive before i actually install Kubuntu 24.10 It's a redundant question in that I managed to upgrade 24.04 to 24.10 but curiosity is getting the better of me.