Unable to install ubuntu 19.10

[alirezas]

Motherboard: Asus Hero XI Maximus
CPU: Intel I9 9900K
GPU: Nvidia 2080 TI RTX
Harddrive: Sumasung m.2 nvme 1 tb
Ram: 32 gig 3200mhz

I am trying to install Ubuntu 19.10 from USB, and as it loads to usb the screen goes black with pixels and nothing happens and have to force restart everything.

I could not get anything installed and have no OS currently, any suggestions as what to do.

Thanks for your help in advance.

[CatKiller]

I've not tried to install 19.10, but my understanding is that the package for the proprietary driver is included in the live image, but the live image doesn't use the proprietary driver - since that would be broken on any system without Nvidia graphics.

That means that you're likely to still need to use nomodeset for the installation process, since the open source nouveau driver isn't as good at detecting the appropriate screen resolution.

[The Cog]

nomodeset is one of the Other options of the installer:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

[alirezas]

I can not even get to command line as the system loads usb, the screen goes black with pixels, I dont even get anything.

[ubfan1]

If you get a grub menu display, the "Try Ubuntu without installing (safe graphics)" uses "nomodeset". If you don't even get a grub menu, that menu item is the second one, so try a down arrow and Enter on your black screen.

[oldfred]

Many systems need UEFI updates & SSD firmware updates.
You will need nomodeset.

My now much older, Asus Z97 motherboard required several UEFI setting changed. And everytime I update UEFI, I have to redo settings. So I saved screen shots.
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2296538


At grub menu you can use e for edit, scroll to linux line and replace quiet splash with nomodeset.
How to set NOMODESET and other kernel boot options in grub2 - both BIOS liveCD & grub first boot ( also UEFI with grub)
How to add boot parameters, grub menu after install (also grub when UEFI)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters &
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

[alirezas]

I did manage to install Ubuntu 19.10. The issue I had was with Nvidia drivers.

Now the issue I got is, it takes 2 minutes to load to login screen and 2 minutes to shutdown, which I know is not normal.

[ubfan1]

Try running dmesg in a terminal and see what is running when the 2 minute delay occurs. Could be some wireless timeout, but could be a wrong UUID for a partition.

[oldfred]

My system says this, or 25 sec to totally boot, but from login to screen is less than 2 sec.

fred@bionic-z97:~$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 10.383s (firmware) + 4.121s (loader) + 2.674s (kernel) + 8.057s (userspace) = 25.237s
graphical.target reached after 1.565s in userspace



I have gone thru a lot of the threads & posts on slow boot.

These are the major things I have done.
turned off NetworkManager-wait

$ systemctl unmask NetworkManager-wait-online.service
$ systemctl enable NetworkManager-wait-online.service
Changed systemctl daily timer
housecleaned systemctl logs
changed from quiet splash to noplymouth, will see boot process rather than Ubuntu logo
sudo apt install libblockdev-crypto2 libblockdev-mdraid2
turned off printer when rebooting
removed snaps

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2417453 &
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2417453&p=13857392#post13857392 &
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-beaver-slow-boot.html
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1187117/slow-boot-boot-19-10-tried-almost-everything

[rainbowraven]

I’m also having this issue and your first link gives a 403 error for me, is it possible you could share those screenshots another way?


Many systems need UEFI updates & SSD firmware updates.
You will need nomodeset.

My now much older, Asus Z97 motherboard required several UEFI setting changed. And everytime I update UEFI, I have to redo settings. So I saved screen shots.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2296538Asus-ar%20screenshots%20oldfred

At grub menu you can use e for edit, scroll to linux line and replace quiet splash with nomodeset.
How to set NOMODESET and other kernel boot options in grub2 - both BIOS liveCD & grub first boot ( also UEFI with grub)
How to add boot parameters, grub menu after install (also grub when UEFI)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters &
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

[oldfred]

Bad Fred.
I must have typed something right after the link in Zim & it made it part of link.
And I did not test it.
fixed it in post above.

[alirezas]

My system says this, or 25 sec to totally boot, but from login to screen is less than 2 sec.

fred@bionic-z97:~$ systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 10.383s (firmware) + 4.121s (loader) + 2.674s (kernel) + 8.057s (userspace) = 25.237s
graphical.target reached after 1.565s in userspace



I have gone thru a lot of the threads & posts on slow boot.

These are the major things I have done.
turned off NetworkManager-wait

$ systemctl unmask NetworkManager-wait-online.service
$ systemctl enable NetworkManager-wait-online.service
Changed systemctl daily timer
housecleaned systemctl logs
changed from quiet splash to noplymouth, will see boot process rather than Ubuntu logo
sudo apt install libblockdev-crypto2 libblockdev-mdraid2
turned off printer when rebooting
removed snaps

https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2417453 &
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2417453&p=13857392#post13857392 &
https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-beaver-slow-boot.html
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1187117/slow-boot-boot-19-10-tried-almost-everything


Startup finished in 2.857s (kernel) + 1min 41.731s (userspace) = 1min 44.588s
graphical.target reached after 1min 41.726s in userspace

[alirezas]

Also here is the critical chain:


systemd-analyze critical-chain
The time when unit became active or started is printed after the "@" character.
The time the unit took to start is printed after the "+" character.

graphical.target @1min 41.857s
└─multi-user.target @1min 41.857s
└─kerneloops.service @7.554s +12ms
└─network-online.target @7.551s
└─NetworkManager-wait-online.service @1.170s +6.380s
└─NetworkManager.service @1.051s +119ms
└─dbus.service @1.049s
└─basic.target @1.031s
└─sockets.target @1.031s
└─snapd.socket @1.028s +3ms
└─sysinit.target @1.027s
└─systemd-timesyncd.service @872ms +155ms
└─systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service @854ms +15ms
└─local-fs.target @853ms
└─run-user-124.mount @11.303s
└─swap.target @262ms
└─swapfile.swap @204ms +57ms
└─systemd-remount-fs.service @195ms +8ms
└─systemd-journald.socket @191ms
└─-.mount @189ms
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