OS Install Fails to Text Mode
Been trying for a couple hours now to troubleshoot the issue here but can't figure it out.
Grabbed the latest version of the Bazzite ISO from the site and ran the checksum to make sure everything was ok.
Flashed the ISO to a 3.2 USB drive using BalenaEtcher, but have also attempted to do this via Ventoy, and manage to boot into the installer.
After selecting to install Bazzite, the prompt runs until finally hitting the "starting installer" prompt where it will load up some additional lines before hanging for a minute and then switching over to a blank screen with a single underscore line.
Screen will stay like that for about five to ten minutes before switching back and stating that the installer "did not start in the expected time" and has decided to fall back to text mode.
Some additional things to note:
- Attempted installs with fast boot off in the BIOS and have attempted install with secure boot both enabled and disabled.
- Windows is installed on the same drive and I am attempting to create the drive as a dual boot setup. Fastboot and hibernate have been disabled here, and everything has already been partitioned to leave plenty of space to install Bazzite.
- Grabbed the ISO for bazzite after using the following options to select the ISO: Desktop > AMD (RX 4xx+) > KDE > No gaming mode
- Drive in question is a NVMe Gen 5x4 in a slot which can handle said speeds.
- Tried to manually set up the partitions via said text mode by partitioning it all out in Windows first. Failed spectacularly.
- One note I did not see until proof reading this post: There is an error below the "starting installer" prompt stating the following: "Failed to adjust memory pressure threshold, ignoring: Device or resource busy". This is repeated twice before the "did not start in the expected time" message.
If any hardware specs or pieces of information from what runs through my display during the install is required, please let me know.
2 Replies
Try boot the ISO from ventoy and then select troubleshooting in grub (when you have the 3 options of install, check image and the last one is troubleshooting) and then select fallback graphics mode
Sometimes the included drivers in the installer isn't enough to work with the GPU in the installer but everything often ends up working fine once installed
Probably not it - but make sure your bios's time is correct - I had trouble installing Bazzite when my bios was reset, and the time was set to 2008.