I've downloaded/tested the USB live version of Ubuntu 18 on my Desktop and decided to try and install it on my laptop. The laptop is a bit older, runs a 64bit CPU (Intel Q9000). When I try to boot to the USB drive, I see first the regular boot screen (keyboard + circle on bottom), followed by a command line blinking. Then, the screen goes into a pixel test mode, showing all RGB + grayscale test patterns and I hear a drum sound once.
When I try F4 to enter the debug mode, the same issue happens after selecting install.
Any advice?
nomodeset
to make it work with that graphics card. The following link and links from it can help you enternomodeset
in the correct way, Boot options