I have verified the checksum of my downloaded image and it is OK. Also, the live image performs a file system check on boot which also completes OK.
I am convinced that this is appropriate as a bug report rather than a support case. I actually do absolutely nothing to end up in this state. I simply wait for the install image to finish booting as I have usually seen it do with previous versions of Ubuntu. Rather than ending up with a usable desktop showing an option to install Ubuntu, I just get this black screen with the Ubuntu logo. The strange white rectangle seems to me to be an indication that something is wrong. It is as if it is an artefact of a window not being displayed properly on screen. If I click around the screen randomly, I can sometimes by chance "grab" an apparently invisible window on screen which draws more odd, white artefacts on screen when I drag it around. I suspect it could be some kind of graphics driver issue. The Focal Fossa default desktop background *does* display correctly on screen for a couple of seconds before it ends up in this useless black state. This computer is currently running Ubuntu 18.04 with no apparent problems and has been doing so for several years. I have been using Linux for more than twenty years and Ubuntu for about 10, so I am not quite a novice anymore. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1933649 Title: Focal Fossa 20.04.2.0 Live installer only displays black screen with no ability to install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1933649/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
