RAMSESray
December 15th, 2012, 08:50 AM
tl;dr New Asus laptop, LiveUSB works fine, installed distros do not start - blank screen, cannot start in console mode
When I do this in the grub edit menu, I get the same results:
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=32939def-1f4a-4134-9b56-bed2319a9216 ro nosplash --verbose text
Full History below:
From: Y
Sent: December-14-12 3:01 PM
To: RAMSESray
Subject: Re: Purple Screen after boot-repair
sorry, i have no more idea. please ask on ubuntuforums.org (http://ubuntuforums.org)
2012/12/14 RAMSESray
Y,
I end up with a catch 22 situation.
-I disable Secure Boot, no problem
-Cannot enable/disable Fast Boot as this variable does not exist in the BIOS menu (so far).
-I disable “Launch CSM” in the BIOS boot option
-“Fast Boot” option now appears as selectable and Enabled. “Launch CSM” is still a selectable variable.
-I can now enable or disable Fast Boot
I get the blank screen on installed distros no matter what combination I try.
If “Launch CSM” is disabled, the pc does not recognize the LiveUSB stick with Ubuntu.
Therefore, I cannot run Boot repair AFTER disabling Fast Boot.
I spent a few hours trying different combinations with no avail.
Only once I was able to get into an installed Linux Mint KDE but I could not replicate this result with the same procedure.
Kubuntu with Secure Boot off: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1431887/
Kubuntu with Secure Boot off & a Boot-repair run that was shorter than usual without the grub purge code etc: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1432417/
Linux Mint with Secure Boot off & Boot-repair run immediately after installation from LiveUSB without restarting pc: http://paste2.org/p/2601061
I get the impression that linux doesn’t jive well with Asus laptops. A couple of years ago NO linux distro worked on my current Asus except for Fedora 14 which later caused bigger problems when I decided to update it.
Ideas?
Thanks,
RAMSESray
From:
Sent: December-13-12 5:31 PM
To: RAMSESray
Subject: Re: Purple Screen after boot-repair
Try disabling SecureBoot and QuickBoot in your BIOS.
Then run Boot-Repair.
Y
2012/12/13 RAMSESray
Y,
I tried:
Ubuntu 13.04: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1429038/
Xubuntu: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1429104/
Lubuntu: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1429141/
Linux Mint Cinnamon: http://paste2.org/p/2596569
Linux Mint Mate: http://paste2.org/p/2597323
All with identical results as per the steps in my email below!!
I also tried replacing “quiet splash” with “nomodeset” as per my quick google search and that didn’t fix it.
I don’t understand why all these systems run fine from the USB but not from the HD after I’ve installed them.
Thanks,
RAMSESray
From:
Sent: December-12-12 3:03 PM
To: RAMSESray
Subject: Re: Purple Screen after boot-repair
Hi RAMSESray
this may be a kernel problem.
Please try to install Ubuntu 13.04 (alpha stage) instead, as it contains a very new kernel: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
Regards
Y
2012/12/12 RAMSESray
Hi,
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 “alongside” Windows 8.
After installation, it would still just boot straight to windows.
I followed Boot-Repair “recommended” repair (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair) : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1426986/
I now see Grub 2 when I boot.
Any incarnation of Ubuntu (recovery mode or not) does not start. I get stuck at a purple screen. The recovery mode version prints two lines before freezing “Loading Linux 3.5.0-17-generic … Lading Initial ramdisk …”
I tried the steps on this page http://askubuntu.com/questions/138700/ubuntu-12-04-blank-purple-splash-screen-after-live-install via a liveUSB Ubuntu but could not execute the last 2 lines because it was “read only”
“sudo update-grub2
sudo update-initramfs –u”
Ideas?
Thanks,
RAMSESray
When I do this in the grub edit menu, I get the same results:
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=32939def-1f4a-4134-9b56-bed2319a9216 ro nosplash --verbose text
Full History below:
From: Y
Sent: December-14-12 3:01 PM
To: RAMSESray
Subject: Re: Purple Screen after boot-repair
sorry, i have no more idea. please ask on ubuntuforums.org (http://ubuntuforums.org)
2012/12/14 RAMSESray
Y,
I end up with a catch 22 situation.
-I disable Secure Boot, no problem
-Cannot enable/disable Fast Boot as this variable does not exist in the BIOS menu (so far).
-I disable “Launch CSM” in the BIOS boot option
-“Fast Boot” option now appears as selectable and Enabled. “Launch CSM” is still a selectable variable.
-I can now enable or disable Fast Boot
I get the blank screen on installed distros no matter what combination I try.
If “Launch CSM” is disabled, the pc does not recognize the LiveUSB stick with Ubuntu.
Therefore, I cannot run Boot repair AFTER disabling Fast Boot.
I spent a few hours trying different combinations with no avail.
Only once I was able to get into an installed Linux Mint KDE but I could not replicate this result with the same procedure.
Kubuntu with Secure Boot off: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1431887/
Kubuntu with Secure Boot off & a Boot-repair run that was shorter than usual without the grub purge code etc: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1432417/
Linux Mint with Secure Boot off & Boot-repair run immediately after installation from LiveUSB without restarting pc: http://paste2.org/p/2601061
I get the impression that linux doesn’t jive well with Asus laptops. A couple of years ago NO linux distro worked on my current Asus except for Fedora 14 which later caused bigger problems when I decided to update it.
Ideas?
Thanks,
RAMSESray
From:
Sent: December-13-12 5:31 PM
To: RAMSESray
Subject: Re: Purple Screen after boot-repair
Try disabling SecureBoot and QuickBoot in your BIOS.
Then run Boot-Repair.
Y
2012/12/13 RAMSESray
Y,
I tried:
Ubuntu 13.04: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1429038/
Xubuntu: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1429104/
Lubuntu: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1429141/
Linux Mint Cinnamon: http://paste2.org/p/2596569
Linux Mint Mate: http://paste2.org/p/2597323
All with identical results as per the steps in my email below!!
I also tried replacing “quiet splash” with “nomodeset” as per my quick google search and that didn’t fix it.
I don’t understand why all these systems run fine from the USB but not from the HD after I’ve installed them.
Thanks,
RAMSESray
From:
Sent: December-12-12 3:03 PM
To: RAMSESray
Subject: Re: Purple Screen after boot-repair
Hi RAMSESray
this may be a kernel problem.
Please try to install Ubuntu 13.04 (alpha stage) instead, as it contains a very new kernel: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
Regards
Y
2012/12/12 RAMSESray
Hi,
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 “alongside” Windows 8.
After installation, it would still just boot straight to windows.
I followed Boot-Repair “recommended” repair (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair) : http://paste.ubuntu.com/1426986/
I now see Grub 2 when I boot.
Any incarnation of Ubuntu (recovery mode or not) does not start. I get stuck at a purple screen. The recovery mode version prints two lines before freezing “Loading Linux 3.5.0-17-generic … Lading Initial ramdisk …”
I tried the steps on this page http://askubuntu.com/questions/138700/ubuntu-12-04-blank-purple-splash-screen-after-live-install via a liveUSB Ubuntu but could not execute the last 2 lines because it was “read only”
“sudo update-grub2
sudo update-initramfs –u”
Ideas?
Thanks,
RAMSESray