I have an Acer Aspire One D270 netbook, with an Atom N2600 quad-core processor and integrated PowerVR graphics. It happily runs Linux Mint 'Sylvia' (based on Ubuntu 16.04).
The disk has a 70GB partition where I was hoping to install Ubuntu 18.04. Here is what I did:
I downloaded the ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso and wrote it to a 2GB USB stick.
I booted from the stick and chose the "Try Ubuntu without installing" option. The GUI appeared and seemed perfectly usable and stable.
I clicked the "Install Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS" icon and selected the following options in the installer:
- Normal installation
- Download updates
- Install third party software
- I chose the free partition as root and opted to format it first.
Everything seemed to install correctly with no errors. I rebooted.
The purple ubuntu splash screen appeared, with the flashing red and white dots. After a few seconds, the dots stopped flashing. The mouse pointer appeared at the bottom right of the screen, but wouldn't move.
After a couple of minutes, the display switched to text mode and displayed the boot messages. The last message said:
Started GNOME Display Manager. Dispatcher Service....
The mouse pointer disappears for a couple of seconds every 10-20 seconds, but is still unresponsive.
I have tried switching to another terminal using Ctrl+Alt+F2, but nothing happens.
If I reboot and choose Advanced options for Ubuntu > Recovery Mode, I get to the rescue menu. If I choose resume normal boot, it just hangs with a black screen.
Something seems to be hanging but I have no idea what, so would welcome any suggestions.