[Bug 1530530] Re: Installer doesn't show up on some Chromebook

[Waz]

Ubuntu seem to have a problem when the SeaBIOS payload doesn't re-run
the video BIOS. Some SeaBIOS payload, like the John Lewis one, reuses
the existing framebuffer vs re-initializing using the VGA BIOS.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gfxboot-theme-
ubuntu/+bug/1530530/comments/5

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Title:
  Installer doesn't show up on some Chromebook

Status in gfxboot-theme-ubuntu package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I downloaded Ubuntu Wily 15.10, then copied into an USB drive in order to use that to install Ubuntu on my Chromebook Pixel 2.
  After selecting the drive to boot from, I only get a terminal that shows up the following lines:

  graphics initialization failed
  Error setting up gfxboot
  boot:

  Same happens with any *buntu ISO image ( I tried KDE and XFCE as well).
  At this point, I tried to download the  Debian8 ISO image and I noticed that the installer doesn't recognize the video size, too but then asks for the user to manually select a suitable video format from a list of options. >From that point on, I was able to install Debian on the chromebook.

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