[Bug 1530530]

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> Looking at the code is seems that relocation is required

You're right; after reading up the vbe specs again, 'relocation' means
mapping different regions into the window. So yes, it's required and the
code is correct.

> Would it be possible to add VBE2 and linear framebuffer support to
gfxboot?

Yes, I've done this in the branch mentioned in comment 23. The patch basically
simulates the 64k window thing by moving 64k segment selectors across the framebuffer.

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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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