Linux Apollo Lake

o0slowpaul0o

I've been reading that a lot of users have been having trouble installing Linux distros onto Apollo Lake laptops such as the Acer Spin 1. The solution actually comes down to the video drivers being loaded before X server.

1. All you need in your BIOs to be enabled is Boot Manager, it doesn't matter if you have Secure Boot or Network Boot enabled or disabled.

2. When you reach the live boot menu, press E on boot into live mode.

3. After "quiet splash" add "nomodeset" (without quotations) and then boot.

After you set nomodeset, your distrobution should install fine without any issues. You will not have to set nomodeset again once installed. I've tested this with Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Manjaro and Arch.

For those wondering, nomodeset tells the kernel to load video drivers once the X server has started.

MaClane

Good Morning o0slowpaul0o !

Excellent to have another member in the forum that is Linuxist!
Another easy and viable solution!
Generally I'm going to add rd.driver.blacklist = nouveau as parameters at kernel startup (grub).
Great to have shared!
Welcome to the forum!