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Hi
everybody is going for ubuntu, so I decided to give it a try. I downloaded ubuntu for desktop and created an usb-stick. I am using an old hp eVectra PC as an «guinea-pig». I configured its bios to use usb as first boot device. It did not boot from there, but went straight on to the debian on the HD.
Ok, let’s go for a CD. I burnt the image and tried again. It recognized the CD, but it reported:

and repeated this endlessly. Any ideas around what I should try next?
Thanks and regards roe46

Last edited by roe46; March 31st, 2011 at 08:37 AM . Reason: enable notification by email

Re: error setting up gfxboot

I am having the same problem. I have a Toshiba Netbook (NB305) purchased from best buy. It currently has Windows 7.

I used the «netbook 10.10» iso.
In setting up the USB I chose the «netbook 10.10 remix»

graphics initialization failed
Error setting up gfxboot
boot:

sound familiar? I was able to use the regular 10.10 to get to a drive on my crashed desktop. because I like that experience, I wanted to first try it on something smaller.

my thought is maybe I should have chosen the regular «10.10» rather than the «netbook 10.10 remix?»

Re: error setting up gfxboot

If at the LveCD boot menu where it asks you if you want to try or install. there is an options tab on the lower right of the screen that will let you boot from different graphics options. If use this on puters where the graohics doesn’t nativley comeup w/ the LiveCD.

On some I come up un TTY Text console (appending «text» to the end of the kernel boot line) to use «hwinfo —framebuffers» to see what modes the graphics card supports -OR- boot up in GRUB2 and use «vbeinfo» at the Grub2 command line to find graphics modes.

One small change that seems to work is to dynamically edit (e) the grub menu entry— «GRUB_GFXMODE=640×480» or the any mode you are sure that box supports. The boot (cntrl-x)

Or if you are just «trying» and seeing. Ubuntu Natty 11.04beta1 seems to have gfxmode’s worked out a little better on it’s LiveCD’s from what I see so far.

Hope this was some help.

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Thank you MAFoElffen. Meanwhile I have experimented with the ubuntu 10.10 alternative ISO. I managed to overcome the gfxboot error, but the installation always failed in that sequence where it should download and install many files. It did install a lot, but obviously not all, but simply reported a failure of the installation — without giving any details. I then decided to go back to debian, downloaded the most recent debian 6.0 ISO and with this CD, the installation worked smoothly. What’s wrong with ubuntu?

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«Error setting up gfxboot» on chromebooks #7

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tjyrinki commented May 12, 2016

It seems it’s not possible to boot images using gfxboot on many/most Chromebooks with the RW_LEGACY boot option enabled, because the SeaBIOS used on those reuses existing framebuffer instead of reinitializing it.

For example Fedora 23 boots fine however.

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wfeldt commented May 12, 2016

So, as I understand it, a solution would be to keep the active video mode if it’s a graphics mode?

tjyrinki commented May 12, 2016

That sounds correct, even though I’m not an expert on these matters.

wfeldt commented May 13, 2016

Ok, I’ve no chromebook, though. Could you test a fix?

tjyrinki commented May 13, 2016

wfeldt commented May 18, 2016

Ok, I’ve opened a bug here: https://bugzilla.suse.com/980570; this makes it easier for me to track this and provide test isos. You don’t need an account to access the bug.

Please try the test iso I attached there. Just ‘dd’ it to an unused usb stick. It will boot and list all available video modes.

My suspicion is that things are actually fine but the Chromebook has just an unusual selection of video modes. In this case we’ll get away by just adjusting the gfxboot config file.

tjyrinki commented May 19, 2016

Moved discussion and attachments there.

siro20 commented Dec 7, 2017

I think this issue can be marked as fixed

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Error setting up gfxboot

I am trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 in a Toshiba NB255 that is currently running Windows 7.

When I boot from USB I get the message

which appears over and over again, and then after a while a it says

I have tried the «help» solution and it does not work.

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Such error occurred to me when installing ubuntu on Intel® Desktop Board DH67BL. What appeared to be a problem was that I was using VGA monitor on DVI port (using adapter from DVI to VGA).

When Installing Ubuntu Server 18.04 it actually helped typing «help» and hitting enter. Then installation menu appeared. However for Ubuntu Server 16.04 this didn’t helped. So I changed to monitor with DVI interface using just DVI cable and this problem gone. Eventually I could install 16.04 successfully.

Hope it helps for someone.

I don’t know if this helps, but you have to press the Escape key and use the arrow keys and press the Enter key when the ‘Advanced Options’ are available so you can try to boot up from the USB drive to go into failsafe mode. It disables the

Graphics Initialization Failed Error setting up gfxboot

(gfxboot = graphics boot) which allows you to troubleshoot your OS. I have the same problem too. I hope my answer helps! 😀

Getting the same messages as OP.

I typed in help and pressed Enter . Got some kind of boot menu. While reading all the options, it self-launched into the proper installer as described on Ubuntu install pages.

So, recommend just waiting a minute or two after you get the boot menu.

I tried for 5+ hrs. The above solutions of help + enter didn’t work for me. I was repeatedly removing iso and re-linking but was still facing the same issue.

The mistake I was making to not allocate enough RAM while creating the VM. I’m running Virtual box on windows 10 pro and have installed Ubuntu 18.04.4 on it. I was allocating RAM in MB, to be accurate 10 MB, make sure you are allocating enough RAM to load the gfx. so you have to put values like 2048(2GB), 4096(4GB), and larger values for bigger RAM in the box(when it asks) to be able to get sufficient RAM(in GB) for the VM.

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Ubuntu 16.04 cannot install from USB stick «Error setting up gfxboot/Could not allocate memory»

I’m trying to install Ubuntu 16.04.04-server-adm64.iso on a Lanner FW-7573B appliance.

Usually I’ve used Ubuntu 14.04 on the appliance, but I wanted to upgrade on Ubuntu 16.04, but for some reason it doesn’t work. I’ve checked out every available post regarding this topic and none of the solution works for me.

Just to sum it up again, I’ve tried to.

1. Change the boot order
2. Type in help and press enter when being in boot menu This is the menu I mean (nothing happens)
3. Start the installation with boot parameters (When I do this, nothing happens and after a while «Could not allocate memory» hint appears) Like this

Example for boot parameters I’ve used: install quiet splash nomodeset cli console=ttyS0,115200n8

So I’m totally stuck in this boot: menu. I thought it probably could be a hardware issue because the appliance I’m using is quite old. But after installing Ubuntu 14.04 I could do a «do-release-upgrade» to upgrade on ubuntu 16.04 which works perfectly fine. This means there must be a way to install Ubuntu 16.04 right from the beginning by using an USB stick, or am I wrong?

I have no idea what else I could do now. I mean, it works basically, but it would be annoying to have to install Ubuntu 14.04 primarily and then upgrade it to 16.04, because it takes way more time than isntalling it directly from USB.

I’d be glad for any help and let me know if there are missing some important informations.

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Thread: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Noob Install Issues (Error setting up gfxboot/Install hanging)

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I have a PC with Windows XP that I built maybe 10 years ago. I’m tired of it being useless and after doing some research, I became infatuated with the thought of Ubuntu. I have no interest in keeping Windows and am ready to jump ship completely to Ubuntu.
— AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2.8GHz)
— Biostar TF7050-M2 Motherboard with integrated NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV GPU
— 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) RAM
— 500GB Hard Drive
— DVD/CD-ROM Drive

Currently, I have the PC connected to an HDTV with a VGA connection. There is an HDMI connection typically to the HDTV, but if I don’t boot up an OS, the HDMI doesn’t do anything.

I have downloaded ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso. I got a 8GB USB drive. used SDFormatter to format the thing, then used Win32DiskImager to transfer to the USB drive. Prior to writing, I used Win32DiskImager to confirm the MD5 Hash at releases.ubuntu.com/16.04.1/MD5SUMS. Perfect match.

When I start my PC, I get some POSTs, then I select to choose my boot drive, and I can’t find the USB drive anywhere.

So I decided to write the .iso file to a DVDR using ImgBurn. While I was at it, I also created a disk for 16.04.1 32-bit and one for 16.10. When I select to boot from these discs, I get the same issue for each.
«Loading Splash Screen» (or similar. I don’t have much time to read what that says) and then
«graphics initialization failed»
«Error setting up gfxboot»
«boot: _»

If I wait long enough, I ‘ll get «Could not Allocate Memory» messages filling the screen.

The 16.10 version allowed me to type «help» in and get to a help screen (this did nothing in either version of 16.04.1), but I can’t find anything useful to do in there. I was trying to find information on «nomodeset,» (which seems to be a common-ish issue) but I could find nothing.

So, next I used «Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.6.8» to put the 16.04.1 .isos on the USB drive. From here, I get a really generic looking menu where one option is to install Ubuntu. «Hooray!» I thought, but when I select that item, the entire system just hung out there, doing nothing but flashing that cocky little flashing underscore, which I interpret as the system laughing at me.

I’m writing this because I honestly am not good at software, but I have tried numerous methods and honestly did do a lot of searching that just left my head spinning (I even read through https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installa. install.en.pdf). If there is anyone out there that might have the patience to help me through this process or could even point me down some meaningful path, I would be much appreciative.

Re: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS Noob Install Issues (Error setting up gfxboot/Install hanging)

That now is an old nVidia card. You eventually will need an older legacy nVidia driver.

But to boot installer and first boot with grub of installed system you will probably need nomodeset. If only Ubuntu, first boot will require holding shift key from BIOS until grub menu appears. Some systems also require other boot parameters in addition.

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)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132
How to add boot parameters, grub menu after install (also grub when UEFI)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBootParameters

I have seen where 2GB is considered the cusp between 32 bit and 64 bit being recommended. My 10 year old laptop with 1.5GB of RAM did run 64 bit, but if I loaded more than one large app and a couple smaller ones, it would turn grey & I new it was using swap.

My 10 year old laptop only had Intel internal video and that just was not enough to run full Ubuntu with Unity Desktop/gui. It was so slow as to be unusable. So I installed fallback or gnome-panel which is a older menu system. Ubuntu has many flavors and those are different desktops or gui/graphical app and set of included applications. Some like Lubuntu or Xubuntu may work better for your old system.

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