[qubes-users] Black Screen on installation

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Hi,

I am trying to install Qubes (release 4.04) on my ACER Swift SF315-51G laptop.

I think the issues comes from the dual video cards and UEFI from what I could read.

When I try the installation, I get a first screen of text, then last display line is : “XEN is relinquishing VGA console” and the screen turns black.

I am creating the USB boot disk as per Qubes instructions with RUFUS (v3.13) in Win 10.

I have tried:

  • 2 different USB keys (verbatim 8GB and samsung 32GB)
  • In bootx64.cfg, I’ve commented out both “#noexitboot=1” and “#mapbs=1” => this takes me to another screen but then I get stuck at multiple lines of : “localhost dracut-initqueue[545]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts" And then it times out and stops.
  • In my BIOS (latest v1.06), I do not have access to modify either secure boot or UEFI boot to Legacy (Thanks Acer), so I cannot try troubleshoots I have seen with these modified.
  • Plugging a monitor via HDMI, no change

I am a bit at a loss and inexperienced when it comes to Linux

Anything else I can try?

Regards

B.

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Balmhood:

    - 2 different USB keys (verbatim 8GB and samsung 32GB)
    - In bootx64.cfg, I’ve commented out both *“#noexitboot=1”* and
    *“#mapbs=1”* => this takes me to another screen but then I get stuck at
    multiple lines of *: “localhost dracut-initqueue[545]: Warning:
    dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts"* And then it times
    out and stops.
    - In my BIOS (latest v1.06), I do not have access to modify either
     secure boot or UEFI boot to Legacy (Thanks Acer), so I cannot try
    troubleshoots I have seen with these modified.
    - Plugging a monitor via HDMI, no change

There is another switch like nomodeset for nvidia cards, worth trying if you have one. Might also want to try a 4.1 alpha and see if you get any further.