On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 7:59:07 AM UTC-7, Dave C wrote: > On Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at 7:44:49 AM UTC-7, Dave C wrote: > > Trying to install Qubes on a laptop with graphics card > > NVIDIA Quadro M1200 4GB GDDR5 > > > > The 3.2 installer fails to start X, and falls back to text mode. (Which > > complains something about disk entryption and fails to complete the > > install.) > > > > I have Qubes 3.2 installed on a portable SSD, so I tried booting the P51 to > > that. It made it as far as prompting for the disk password, again in text > > mode. After typing the password the boot stopped with only a flashing > > cursor (underbar) in the upper left corner of the display. No errors, just > > stopped there. > > > > I've read some troubleshooting tips... > > > > Tried disabling VT-d in bios - no difference. > > > > Tried `iommu=no-igfx`on the boot line - again no difference. > > > > And I've found https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/install-nvidia-driver/ and > > reading that now. Is this page up to date? (It mentions "fedora 18"). > > > > I thought this machine would be great for Qubes, as it has tons of RAM > > among other things. But maybe not so much! > > > > Appreciate any suggestions. Thanks, > > -Dave > > Since posting this, I've found quite a lot of nvidia threads in this group. > > i.e. > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/v26zXkiNElg/discussion > ...and others. > > I'll share here if I make any progress with those suggestions.
tl;dr - Unable to boot this machine to Qubes. Install completes, but cannot boot from the nvme drive where I've installed Qubes. Can't boot installer media to UEFI. I got past the graphical UI and Xorg problem. The trick was a setting in BIOS. Changed from "hybrid graphics" to "discrete" (can't recall the exact wording). While the system is not doing anything fancy with the graphics card, the basics are working. Unfortunately, after installing completes without errors, the system will not boot. Now, I believe the problem has to do with UEFI boot from nvme drive. I've tried to troubleshoot following https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/uefi-troubleshooting/. The "Installation finished but “Qubes” boot option is missing and xen.cfg is empty" section sounded perfect, because that describes my problem. When I get to the step of running `efibootmgr`, I get error "EFI variables are not supported on this system". Some searching has turned up that the system must have been booted via UEFI and not legacy in order to use `efibootmgr`. But here I am stuck! My qubes installer USB stick will only start up in legacy boot mode! I've tried other settings in my bios (UEFI only, or UEFI first) and then I get a grub menu when booting the qubes installer. But each selection on that menu fails to boot! The xen EFI loader says something like "failed to boot both default and fallback entries." Worth noting, I've seen https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/thinkpad-troubleshooting/ and I've left the `USB UEFI BIOS SUPPORT` enabled, while disabling other secure boot and eufi options. I feel like I've tried almost every combination of options by now. I've also tried appending `/mapbs /noexitboot` and/or `-- efi=attr=uc` to the chainloader line. This also does not change the behavior. An error flashes too briefly for me to read what it says. Any suggestions appreciated! Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/2c163a73-47ba-4220-9122-0c325a05e181%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
