I have attempted to install Ubuntu 14.10 on my new Asus Zenbook UX305FA. Every time I attempt it, it sticks at the Security Key section. The laptop came equipped with Windows 8.1, and I erased it to have a solely Linux machine. I am somewhat new to Linux, but this is what I can tell you:
I did the checksum and it matched (found on these forums). The Live USB works I went into my terminal via the Live USB and typed sudo lshw. Here is the full output - I don't completely know what I'm looking at, I just saw on another thread where someone requested the output of this command.
I don't understand what is going wrong. I just want my new laptop to work. My older laptop works just fine with the same OS. It's an HP 2000.
Thank you all for any potential help. I'm in dire straits.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw
ubuntu
description: Notebook
product: UX305FA (ASUS-NotebookSKU)
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
version: 1.0
serial: F1N0CJ098316048
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=UX sku=ASUS-NotebookSKU uuid=09A74FFC-4DB3-4DE0-80D9-16BA9AA11401
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: UX305FA
vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
physical id: 0
version: 1.0
serial: BSN12345678901234567
slot: MIDDLE
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
physical id: 0
version: UX305FA.206
date: 12/16/2014
size: 64KiB
capacity: 6400KiB
capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb smartbattery biosbootspecification uefi
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: e
slot: L1 Cache
size: 32KiB
capacity: 32KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L1 cache
physical id: f
slot: L1 Cache
size: 32KiB
capacity: 32KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back instruction
*-cache:2
description: L2 cache
physical id: 10
slot: L2 Cache
size: 256KiB
capacity: 256KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
*-cache:3
description: L3 cache
physical id: 11
slot: L3 Cache
size: 4MiB
capacity: 4MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Processor 5Y10 CPU @ 0.80GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 12
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Processor 5Y10 CPU @ 0.80GHz
serial: NULL
slot: SOCKET 0
size: 800MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf eagerfpu pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid rdseed adx smap cpufreq
configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 14
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 8GiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
vendor: 0000
physical id: 0
serial: 00000000
slot: ChannelA-DIMM0
size: 4GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns)
vendor: 0000
physical id: 1
serial: 00000000
slot: ChannelB-DIMM0
size: 4GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1600MHz (0.6ns)
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Broadwell-U Host Bridge -OPI
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 08
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 08
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:62 memory:f6000000-f6ffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:f000(size=64)
*-multimedia:0
description: Audio device
product: Broadwell-U Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
version: 08
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0
resources: irq:65 memory:f711c000-f711ffff
*-generic:0 UNCLAIMED
description: Signal processing controller
product: Broadwell-U Camarillo Device
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: 08
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7110000-f7117fff
*-usb
description: USB controller
product: Wildcat Point-LP USB xHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi xhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:60 memory:f7100000-f710ffff
*-communication
description: Communication controller
product: Wildcat Point-LP MEI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=mei_me latency=0
resources: irq:63 memory:f7124000-f712401f
*-multimedia:1
description: Audio device
product: Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=32
resources: irq:64 memory:f7118000-f711bfff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: e3
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:58
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: Wildcat Point-LP PCI Express Root Port #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: e3
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:59 memory:f7000000-f70fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: Wireless 7265
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 59
serial: 60:57:18:38:2c:55
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlwifi driverversion=3.16.0-23-generic firmware=25.222.9.0 ip=192.168.1.14 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
resources: irq:66 memory:f7000000-f7001fff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: Wildcat Point-LP LPC Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=lpc_ich latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: Wildcat Point-LP SATA Controller [AHCI Mode]
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:61 ioport:f0b0(size=8) ioport:f0a0(size=4) ioport:f090(size=8) ioport:f080(size=4) ioport:f060(size=32) memory:f7122000-f71227ff
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: Wildcat Point-LP SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7121000-f71210ff ioport:f040(size=32)
*-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Signal processing controller
product: Wildcat Point-LP Thermal Management Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.6
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.6
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:f7120000-f7120fff
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
logical name: scsi0
capabilities: emulated
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: SanDisk SD7SN3Q2
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 0002
serial: 144819400233
size: 238GiB (256GB)
capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=5c52202f-0bab-49d1-9c31-f5be9f65ebaf sectorsize=512
*-volume:0
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkfs.fat
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: FAT32
serial: 3d40-5217
size: 510MiB
capacity: 511MiB
capabilities: fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat
*-volume:1
description: EFI partition
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 1.0
serial: 7df445a3-afb6-4d1c-90d2-6057ba6ba872
size: 244MiB
capabilities: extended_attributes ext2 initialized
configuration: filesystem=ext2 lastmountpoint=/media/ubuntu/7df445a3-afb6-4d1c-90d2-6057ba6ba872 modified=2015-05-02 23:03:26 mounted=2015-05-02 22:42:30 state=clean
*-volume:2
description: EFI partition
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
serial: 69ac6686-846f-44dd-82dc-20aaca622151
size: 237GiB
capacity: 237GiB
width: 512 bits
capabilities: encrypted luks initialized
configuration: bits=512 cipher=aes filesystem=luks hash=sha1 mode=xts-plain64 version=1
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:2
logical name: scsi2
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
size: 14GiB (15GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: sectorsize=512 signature=00016919
*-volume
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: SYSLINUX
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /cdrom
version: FAT32
serial: 1a0d-0f62
size: 14GiB
capacity: 14GiB
capabilities: primary bootable fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
