01-09-2015, 06:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-09-2015, 06:42 AM by gold_finger.)
amandasabroad,
Thanks for all the info. Cleared up some questions I had myself. I knew that doing the Boot-Repair conversion from a live USB/DVD needed to have the live medium booted in UEFI mode first; but I was not sure if that was necessary from the installed system too. The Ubuntu page did not specify that from what I could tell. Now I know for sure thanks to your efforts.
I also suspected that the video was essentially doing the same thing as the Boot-Repair conversion, so was hoping Boot-Repair solution would work when doing from installed LL to give people an easier option for UEFI installs. Turns out Boot-Repair does work, but not from installed LL -- only if people go through additional hassle of making a live Ubuntu USB. It's not an ideal solution, but we now know it works if people have a hard time following the video. So thank you very much for being a trooper and testing all this out. Really appreciate it!
Regarding graphics errors -- I don't have much experience messing with graphics. Have been fortunate in never having run into major issues with them myself -- so really only have a basic level of knowledge on that. Hopefully others here will be able to help with this. Aside from things you're seeing in dmesg, have you experienced any problems with the graphics performance? Or have you not really had a chance to fully test things yet?
Probably best to mark this install thread as solved and start a new post for the graphics issue in the graphics section of forum. People who know more about graphics might not read through the install section, or might not have read this whole thread to see that this is a potential issue now that the install is done.
P.s. The boot setup should be fine now. I have read that some computer manufacturers' UEFI implementations are quirky and may automatically revert to Win 8 booting automatically after Win 8 updates sometimes. So just be aware of that possibility. Here's a link about that with a fix for it if you end up needing it: http://www.zdnet.com/article/uefi-and-wi...t-systems/
Thanks for all the info. Cleared up some questions I had myself. I knew that doing the Boot-Repair conversion from a live USB/DVD needed to have the live medium booted in UEFI mode first; but I was not sure if that was necessary from the installed system too. The Ubuntu page did not specify that from what I could tell. Now I know for sure thanks to your efforts.
I also suspected that the video was essentially doing the same thing as the Boot-Repair conversion, so was hoping Boot-Repair solution would work when doing from installed LL to give people an easier option for UEFI installs. Turns out Boot-Repair does work, but not from installed LL -- only if people go through additional hassle of making a live Ubuntu USB. It's not an ideal solution, but we now know it works if people have a hard time following the video. So thank you very much for being a trooper and testing all this out. Really appreciate it!
Regarding graphics errors -- I don't have much experience messing with graphics. Have been fortunate in never having run into major issues with them myself -- so really only have a basic level of knowledge on that. Hopefully others here will be able to help with this. Aside from things you're seeing in dmesg, have you experienced any problems with the graphics performance? Or have you not really had a chance to fully test things yet?
Probably best to mark this install thread as solved and start a new post for the graphics issue in the graphics section of forum. People who know more about graphics might not read through the install section, or might not have read this whole thread to see that this is a potential issue now that the install is done.
P.s. The boot setup should be fine now. I have read that some computer manufacturers' UEFI implementations are quirky and may automatically revert to Win 8 booting automatically after Win 8 updates sometimes. So just be aware of that possibility. Here's a link about that with a fix for it if you end up needing it: http://www.zdnet.com/article/uefi-and-wi...t-systems/
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