> You may indeed have better luck with Ubuntu's installer if it uses the
> GPU specific driver.
The network installer for ubuntu did work
with my hardware, so that's what's on my computer
now.
Thanks, anyway, for your help.
> Well known, yes. Easily fixed, no.
> A newer kernel may fix the issue.
> A common workaround is to boot the installer in BIOS/legacy/CSM mode
> instead of EFI native mode.
> setting the GRUB variables
> gfxmode and/or gfxpayload to specific values (hardware dependent)
> before booting the
>The monitor then shows a row of what look like
> tiny screen images at the top, with the rest of
> the monitor all black. Crtl-Alt-F1, etc makes
> changes in the tiny images at the top, but the
> all-black rest of screen is unchanged.
As you suggested, I changed the installer's
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