Ubuntu boot issues

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e33tad

Broken In
I have a strange but not a new problem. When I try to run Ubuntu 13.10 live from the USB on my new hp notebook with win 8.1, my notebook screen turns off. I Google this issue and found lots of similar posts on many sites but none of the solutions made any sense to me. I tried connecting my tv via hdmi and interestingly it displayed the contents whike my notebook display stayed off. When i checked settings, ubuntu detected both displays. so i changed the res of my tv output to 1080p and idk how but my notebook display turned on. I saved the settings , disconnected the tv abd restarted but the same problem happened again. Any ideas how to fix this? btw i got a haswell notebook with intel 4600 and gt 740m.
 
harshilsharma63

harshilsharma63

DIY FTW!
I don't knwo the cause and solution of this problem, but the reason why saving settings didn't work is because (as you mentioned) you are running it as a live OS, where settings don't get saved unless you created persistent image.
 
Vyom

Vyom

The Power of x480
Staff member
Admin
@e33tad: Yuo, he is right.
Since you are using a USB drive to boot a live image.. just use "LiLi USB Creator" to give it a persistent space. Its one of the last option on the colorful UI of the tool.
 
gameranand

gameranand

Living to Play
e33tad said:
I have a strange but not a new problem. When I try to run Ubuntu 13.10 live from the USB on my new hp notebook with win 8.1, my notebook screen turns off. I Google this issue and found lots of similar posts on many sites but none of the solutions made any sense to me. I tried connecting my tv via hdmi and interestingly it displayed the contents whike my notebook display stayed off. When i checked settings, ubuntu detected both displays. so i changed the res of my tv output to 1080p and idk how but my notebook display turned on. I saved the settings , disconnected the tv abd restarted but the same problem happened again. Any ideas how to fix this? btw i got a haswell notebook with intel 4600 and gt 740m.
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If you use Ubuntu frequently then why not install it ??
 
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e33tad

Broken In
Tried installing ubuntu but my pc always boots in win 8. No GRUB or any other boot option appear. Also idk how important it is but when i was installing ubuntu, the option install alongside windows did not pop up
 
sohan_92

sohan_92

In the zone
Try to delete those unnecessary 400MB and 350 MB small recovery partitions as you have already deleted the major one and then install Ubuntu. I hope you will get alongside windows installation.
 
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e33tad

Broken In
Are you Sure? i don want to mess up the pc any further. I don't have a installation disc so if the pc doesnot boot, I will be screwed!
 
sohan_92

sohan_92

In the zone
Ubuntu can only be installed on primary or extended partition. You already have four primary partitions which is the maximum primary partitions supported by windows 8 mbr. That's why told you to delete small recovery partitions as you have already deleted the main recovery partition.
 
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e33tad

Broken In
IDK about shrinking but i couldnot use extend the c: drive and absorb (lol exact words are not coming to my mind) that 24 gib partition.
 
kisame

kisame

King of Heroes
sohan_92 said:
Ubuntu can only be installed on primary or extended partition. You already have four primary partitions which is the maximum primary partitions supported by windows 8 mbr. That's why told you to delete small recovery partitions as you have already deleted the main recovery partition.
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His setup is EFI/GPT.He can have more than 4 primary partitions.NO hassles of extended partitions.I myself have 5 primary partitions on my laptop.
 
sohan_92

sohan_92

In the zone
@kisame, thanks for pointing out the mistake.

so i did some research and found something useful.But it is complicated one.

installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-windows-8-64-bit-system-uefi-supported
 
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