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Please can someone just tell me what this error message means?

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I am trying to install Ubuntu on an HP Touch Smart 300. It doesn't have any other OS on it. Tried installing both 32 and 64 bit versions of Ubuntu 16.04.

I get to the Try Ubuntu without installing page and after it tries to boot it's just a white screen and these errors. I've tried all the help options and all result in a screen similar to this.

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    Try with the boot option nomodeset according to this link, http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2230389&p=13370808#post13370808 – sudodus Feb 01 '18 at 11:27
  • Possible duplicate of Is nomodeset still required? – Melebius Feb 01 '18 at 11:29
  • None of that is working. Also can't access grub menu to add nomodeset line. – Korran Feb 01 '18 at 12:03
  • Try the newest version of Ubuntu (in order to get the newest graphics drivers), Ubuntu 17.10.1, https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop (scroll down to find it). – sudodus Feb 01 '18 at 12:07
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    I wasn't too sure about the latest release. But! I have now got it working. Those tutorials didn't specify where to type in 'nomodeset' since their load screens where a lot different to mine. Thank you, fellas! – Korran Feb 01 '18 at 12:14

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The word nouveau in the picture of the screen makes me think it is an issue with the graphics driver. Nouveau is the name of the free linux driver for nvidia graphics.

Boot option nomodeset

Try with the boot option nomodeset to make Ubuntu work with nvidia graphics.

See these links and links from them for more details how to add a boot option,

A post at the Ubuntu Forums: 'Boot options'

My reply to a question at AskUbuntu: 'RAM drive' -- replace toram with nomodeset

Depending on the graphics card/chip model,

  • maybe it will work well enough,

  • maybe it will work, but you need [to install] a proprietary driver for the graphics to work really well. In this case you can start by searching the internet with the search string (without quotes) 'ubuntu 16.04 nvidia proprietary driver', and if it does not help you solve the problem, you can ask a separate question about it.

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