[Bug 1530530]

[Timo Jyrinki]

Thank you for the investigation! It seems valuable information
nevertheless.

In case budget for extra hardware is found, for example this particular
Chromebook is the 4GB/32GB model at https://www.amazon.de/Acer-
Chromebook-CB5-132T-C732-Convertible-Quad-
Core/dp/B01618Z3R4/278-3649416-4927750

I bought it for experimentation myself, since it has some interesting
features like Coreboot (like all Chromebooks), touch screen, 14nm CPU
with modern GPU features (Broadwell like) and 4GB RAM which is useful
amount.

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Title:
  Installer doesn't show up on some Chromebook

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