Good afternoon, I’m trying to install PureOS via a USB on my desktop computer. I can get the installation to boot from the USB without problem and I can follow the steps to install it on an NVME disk by erase disk option so I don’t have another boot option. When I restart computer it hangs on booting from the new install without any sort of message, only a " _ " intermittently flashing. If I choose to encrypt the disk, It does show the decryption menu, but as soon as I enter the password the shame flashing " _ " and the system does not boot. I was able to install PureOS using the same USB drive on an Old Dell laptop. Any help on this would be appreciated. I bought a Librem laptop but I wanted to try the OS before it arrives.
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could you provide some specs ? what CPU ? AMD or intel ? what model ? BIOS or UEFI ? video card ? iGPU or dGPU ? nvidia, intel or AMD ? etc …
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AMD Ryzen 7, BIOS, NVIDIA Geforce GTX
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That’s going to be troublesome. See for example Nvidia drivers arent installing on pureos
So for starters you would need the nouveau driver to be recognised as needed, and working. Maybe someone can troubleshoot that but flying blind is always difficult.
Actual Librem laptops have Intel CPUs with Intel integrated graphics and that is probably the cleanest and best supported scenario for PureOS. (Actually works best with other Linux distros too!)
Your symptom suggests that it fails to initialise the graphics.
I guess it may help to specify what kind of display e.g. since you said “desktop”, I assume external display. Is it connected via HDMI? What native resolution? And what specific model of nVidia GPU?
Ah, if I had a dollar for every Linux boot that has done that … 
How long did you leave it?
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save yourself the headache and use AMD from now on … nVidia is over-rated anyway … or better yet use only hardware CERTIFIED to run GNU/Linux such as Purism products or System76 (if you’re not concerned about your digital freedom that much) or any other brand that is FSF (free-software-foundation) vetted to run ONLY 100% Linux-Libre.
inconvenience ? that depends …
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So, if I understand correctly, there is no chance that PureOS will work on : Intel Core 2 Quad / AMD Juniper? What do you think?
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Try a Live Boot rather than guessing?
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The issue from about five years ago is that the NVIDIA GTX proprietary firmware required for graphical display is unavailable after a PureOS installation.
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I tried to make a Boot with Unetbootin (UnetBootIn pour démarrer votre distribution à partir d'une clef USB) and I was not even able to install this application on my Librem14… Do you know how to make a Boot?
Oh, I just found this software! Can I use it to boot PureOs onto a USB stick? Impression – Applis pour GNOME …I don’t see the PureOS option on this app…
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The official documentation for how to download and make a bootable USB drive of PureOS starts here: Installation image - Purism user documentation
It covers doing it from Linux and doing it from Windows/MacOS.
I would just be guessing as to what PureOS will make of the graphics.
As a sanity check, I would download and try a Ubuntu .iso as well.
It may help to be explicit about the CPU but, if I am understanding you correctly, Intel Core 2 Quad means pretty ancient e.g. 2007-2009.
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yes 2007 to 2009 is right. I don’t have the CPU info yet. Why iso-Ubuntu? You mean the Ubuntu OS is likely to work better than PureOS? Yes, Ubuntu works, it’s already installed on the Intel Core 2. I want to change because it’s Ubuntu 32 bit and there are no more updates. At worst, I could install Ubuntu 64 bit and I’d be pretty sure that everything would work perfectly. Only, already this old machine is full of non-free and non-open source hardware… I wanted to at least try to put the most ethical OS possible. But I don’t understand the link you sent me. There’s no mention anywhere of how to put PureOS on a USB key. There’s no mention of how to make this USB key a Bootable Key.
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OK. You can ignore that part of what I wrote.
Yes, for some definition of “work better”. I mean: Ubuntu includes a whole lot of non-free software - hence there is a higher chance of booting on random (non-free) hardware but it comes at a price in freedom.
It is a good test.
- If Ubuntu works and PureOS does not then it is up to you to make your choice about freedom, a forced compromise.
- If neither works then most likely the computer should be sent to eWaste (computer recycling).
- If Ubuntu does not work and PureOS does work then it’s your lucky day.
- If both work then most likely choose PureOS.
I posted a link to the start of the procedure (downloading the .iso file). You have to click Next and Next and etc. until you have finished all the steps of the procedure.
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