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

[Timo Jyrinki]

Just one for confirmation that while 16.04 USB loops in the text mode
boot menu after graphics initialization failed (when trying to type
"live"), 16.10 works and boots fine with the same live typing.

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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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