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Lenovo Y500 *buntu 14.04 installation tip (Blank Screen Fix)

Domingo Montoya

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Upon trying to install (k)ubuntu, and possibly other Linux distributions, you may find that your installation stalls with a blank screen.

I'm posting this here rather than in Linux section because it's specific to this make and/or model, but I've seen other posts with issues getting past install.

The trick to getting the desktop install to boot completely to the GUI is to enable legacy boot in the BIOS (still allowing UEFI), as well as removing your 2nd GPU card during install.

Once you have the system installed, reboot and install the real nvidia drivers, shut down your system, re-insert your 2nd GPU and you're all set.

I'm not exactly sure why the legacy option has to be enabled even when you're using EFI, but it seems to have something to do with the way the graphics are set up during POST.

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