Will not install from usb stick

[bertan2]

It may be a problem that has only been fixed very recently, which would explain why only 14.04 works. Another one that's good and up to date is Fedora 20. That is an official release, so you might have more luck with that one. As with Ubuntu, there is a try-before-you-buy feature in the installer.

[john135]

If I can't fix ubuntu (or Lubuntu) I'll have no choice but to try something like fedora.

Too bad though cuz I really liked ubuntu

[john135]

It turns out that if I type acpi=off on the command line, Ubuntu will run fine, though the functional keys on the keyboard do not work. I was told that it might not be a good idea to install ubuntu with acpi=off

[john135]

I resolved the issue but not sure what happened. I think updating the Bios and other drivers did the trick

J.