<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I finally stumbled upon something that seems to have allowed me to install Ubuntu 13.10 after Windows 7. I found the answer here:<br><a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+question/179231">https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/+question/179231</a><br>
<br><br></div>and this is the specific instructions from post #11 that worked for me:<br><div class=""><p>I've worked on the original issue this night... and I solved it. Follow these steps:</p>
<p>1) Don't use the usb. The usb3 doesn't work correctly with the
installation kernel (after the installation the usb works good). Burn
the iso on CD.<br>
2) Boot from CD and press any key when you see the logo "keyboard equals human"<br>
3) Select the item "Install Ubuntu" and press F6. Mark with 'X' these options:<br>
- acpi=off (this is related to battery management... and this is the
only option you need to use after the installation. Put it in the grub
configuration /etc/default/grub)<br>
- nodmraid (I'm not sure you really you need this, but it works for me)<br>
- nomodeset (this is for the black screen)<br>
4) Press ESC to close the popup, then press ENTER</p>
<p>P.S.: I didn't find the "Secure Boot" configuration on bios, but it don't seem to be a problem.</p></div>The install got hung up while writing the system logs to disk. I killed the power after about 45 minutes of waiting and rebooted. I was able to booted/logged into Ubuntu. <br>
<br></div>There is a lot of tweaking I need to do to get all the components working, but at least it is installed.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Rick Moen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" target="_blank">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">Quoting Thomas Johnston (<a href="mailto:trjohnston@ucdavis.edu">trjohnston@ucdavis.edu</a>):<br>
<br>
> I primarily use Linux for my personal endeavors; however, there<br>
> situations/applications for my work where I am forced to use Windows. And<br>
> although I could run Windows in a virtual environment, I don't know how<br>
> well that would work when I need to remote desktop into my office computer.<br>
<br>
</div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeRDP" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeRDP</a><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rdesktop" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rdesktop</a><br>
<br>
(optional front-ends include the 'Remmina' GNOME/gtk+/xfce4 thing)<br>
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