dual boot or LM on Nitro 5 15-44

Leostat

Is it installed already or is this pre-install booting off the USB stick? You can do that but its a pain in the rear end. 

If its pre installed hover over start linux mint, press tab, then delete the --  and then add the above options . try the no mode set first and if that fails try the longer one turning everything off

pegasis

it is already installed.

then how can i interrupt the boot and get to a command prompt?

currently I can't get to a command prompt, the screen just fills with errors

Leostat

When you start up you should see this:



If not tap down or up when booting, then just e to edit and add options like this



Then f10 to boot

pegasis

hmm
says acpi bios error?

then the error shows up

Leostat

try adding one of noacpi or acpi=off to it 

pegasis

I was able to boot to LM live USB using LM compatibility mode,

so now i would like to try to: 

sudo apt-get install nvidia-384  to the already installed LM 20.3 2.5 HDD,
what partition should i install to?  first one (fat 32 EFI), or second one EXT4 (linux file system)

where is grub located?
where are the graphics driver located?

again, i can't boot Lm on the installed 2.5" drive, but was able to boot to the Lm live USB

see attached pics for boot related info from the boot with the installed HDD

thanks for your patience 

pegasis

try adding one of noacpi or acpi=off to it 

this won't work, i have no way to get to command line or interrupt the boot sequence and errors

I have tried several times

Leostat

What do you mean? You add that before the boot sequence, are you unable to even get to the kernel select? If not the install is Foobard as that is rendered in native non accelerated mode. the stack trace is from after the kernel loads and the options need to be added before

That stack trace suggests the nvidia graphics drivers are foobard in the Kernel, given that i would suggest going down the turn everything to 0 and doin acpi=0

pegasis

given that i would suggest going down the turn everything to 0 and doin acpi=0

how do i do that?
I get no option on boot, kernal select?  LM options

If i can get to kernal/LM options or command, I can maybe do an graphics driver update?

Leostat

So you dont get the kernel boot selection screen i showed above and pressing up or down doesnt show them?

pegasis

no, I get no others, and no interrupt to options or command line

Leostat

When you say no others what do you mean? 

pegasis

nothing, zip, no options for LM

pegasis

is this load fubard and should I try a re-install

Leostat

If your not even getting a kernel select then i would just re install. Also try something with a newer kernel like fedora!

pegasis

once i install LM again, what update should I do to fix the graphics driver issue

Leostat

Add the boot options, see if it works. Fixing these is iterative and there isn't a one thing which works for everything. Best option would be to use another distro if it doesn't work

pegasis

i have reinstalled lm 20.1 same result

i tried this:  nvidia-drm.modeset=1

If that doesnt work, you may also to delay the initialisation of the modules for it by removing the modeset and doing:
nvidia-drm.modeset=0 nomodeset nvidia_modeset=0 nouveau.modeset=0 amdgpu=0

almost boots, but same result

i do get a selection on LM options with recovery mode

what do you think?

this should not be this difficult

pegasis

i chose a LM with recovery mode and it worked

now how go I fix the drivers, and update grub?

pegasis

i think i have applied nvidia driver 460 via driver manager