I am trying to install Ubuntu onto an older Dell laptop using a freshly flashed and validated SanDisk USB 3.0 drive (flashed via balenaEtcher).
The boot sequence starts up fine, but it completely freezes every single time right after reading the very last APT cache repository line:
Get:5 file:/cdrom resolute/main amd64 Packages [31.7 kB]
I tried:
Replaced the USB drive entirely (originally used a generic UDisk which threw I/O buffer errors, switched to a brand new SanDisk 16GB).
Removed quiet splash from the GRUB menu to view the verbose terminal logs.
Tried booting with nomodeset (Safe Graphics mode).
Tried appending various combinations of boot flags like
acpi=off,noapic, andirqpoll.
The logs:
Right before it hits the Get:5 line and hangs, the logs show a couple of errors regarding the communication bus and filesystem:
fuse: device /dev/fuse not found. Kernel module not loaded?
dbus-daemon: A connection to the bus can't be made
Failed to create stream fd: No such file or directory
This is the terminal output right at the freezing point. Since it is stalling the exact millisecond it finishes loading the configuration files and tries to hand over control to the display manager/graphics, I suspect it's a legacy hardware or kernel conflict with this specific Dell motherboard architecture.
Begin: Creating debconf-communicate fifo mechanism ... [ 6.216597] evm: overlay not supported
done.
Begin: Running /scripts/casper-bottom ... Begin: Moving mount points... ... done.
Begin: Configuring fstab... ... done.
Begin: Setting up swap... ... done.
Begin: Setting up locales... ... done.
Begin: Setting up automatic login... ... done.
Begin: Setting hostname... ... done.
Begin: Setting up console keyboard... ... done.
Begin: Applying desktop settings... ... done.
Begin: Regenerating SSL certificate... ... hostname: Name or service not known
make-ssl-cert: Could not get FQDN, using '(none)'.
make-ssl-cert: You may want to fix your /etc/hosts and/or DNS setup and run
make-ssl-cert: 'make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite'
make-ssl-cert: again.
done.
Begin: Loading preseed file... ... done.
Begin: Adding live session user... ... passwd: password changed.
Failed to create stream fd: No such file or directory
Failed to create stream fd: No such file or directory
Failed to create stream fd: No such file or directory
dbus-daemon[723]: [session uid=1000 pid=18446744073709551615 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' re
dbus-daemon[723]: [session uid=1000 pid=18446744073709551615 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon'
dbus-daemon[723]: [session uid=1000 pid=18446744073709551615 pidfd=5] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Metadata' re
fuse: device /dev/fuse not found. Kernel module not loaded?
dbus-daemon[723]: [session uid=1000 pid=18446744073709551615 pidfd=5] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Meta
A connection to the bus can't be made
done.
Begin: Setting up init... ... done.
Begin: Configuring accessibility options... ... done.
Begin: Disabling update-notifier... ... done.
Begin: Enabling detection of crashes... ... done.
Begin: Disabling unnecessary KDE services... ... done.
Begin: Disabling the lock screen for LXQt (LP: #2000787)... ... done.
Begin: Generating APT cache for cdrom... ... Ign:1 file:/cdrom resolute InRelease
Get:2 file:/cdrom resolute Release [664 B]
Get:2 file:/cdrom resolute Release [664 B]
Get:3 file:/cdrom resolute Release.gpg [228 B]
Get:3 file:/cdrom resolute Release.gpg [228 B]
Get:4 file:/cdrom resolute/restricted amd64 Packages [14.5 kB]
Get:5 file:/cdrom resolute/main amd64 Packages [31.7 kB]
Do you have any advice on what specific kernel boot parameters or BIOS tweaks I need to use to force it past this graphical handshake?