New laptop derecommendations

[Liam Proven]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 20:49, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at jots.org> wrote:
>
> Before giving up on something that dies at the splash screen, I'd kill
> the splash screen, and see what's really going on.  So, for example,
> edit your GRUB line, and remove... well, darn.  I've already removed it,
> or I'd share.  But, for me at least, it's everything after (and
> including) "quiet".  That's one of the first things I get rid of,
> because I *hate* splash screens: I don't want to see pretty graphics at
> boot, I want to see why stuff doesn't work.

Add "nosplash" to block Plymouth.
Remove "quiet" to see kernel messages.
Add "nomodeset" to block kernel mode setting (KMS) which causes
problems on many machines and can stop installs from working at all.

When installing:

Put them _after_ the ``---''  if you want them to be added to the boot
parameters for the installed system. If they go before, they will not
be remembered.

Citation:
https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/i386/ch05s03.html

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