[Bug 1530530] Re: Installer doesn't show up on some Chromebooks: "Error setting up gfxboot"

[Timo Jyrinki]

As mentioned, works in Ubuntu 16.10 and newer. The message is still
there but can be bypassed.

Note that Mint is Ubuntu with small tweaks, so Mint 18 (built on Ubuntu
16.04) working probably means their live image creation uses something
else than gfxboot for the first run menu. Fixing gfxboot would be the
best option, since changing to something else could break other
computers too. Ability to skip gfxboot would be nice though.

Before 16.10 I successfully did 16.04 installation by installing on
another computer, and then transferring that installation to my
Chromebook. Gfxboot is only used for Legacy boot's live session
graphical menu, not for booting installed Ubuntu or for the UEFI live
boot. So if any Chromebook gets non-Legacy boot working, also live image
should boot without the error/warning message.

These are the options currently. Feel free to co-operate a final full
fix to development Ubuntu or backporting the workaround possibility to
16.04.

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Title:
  Installer doesn't show up on some Chromebooks: "Error setting up
  gfxboot"

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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