I've been trying to move from Win 11 to Kubuntu 25.10 for a few days with no luck.
I can boot off a live USB with Kubuntu but not able to boot off the HD. I am able to load Ubuntu on the HD and boot via F9 boot menu, but not without going through the menu.
When I try to boot off the HD with either Kubuntu or Ubuntu it just goes to a black screen. The last thing I've tried is to dual partition Ubuntu and Kubuntu, but no luck booting from either one now.
I've disabled the secure disk and RAID in the bios and tried about every possible setting.
Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Gary
One more piece of info, I tried another re-partition and install, after hitting F9 to the boot menu, I got a flash of "unknown file system" before it went to the menu to select to boot from the USB (eg Try or Install Kubuntu)
System:
Host: kubuntu Kernel: 6.17.0-5-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.5 Distro: Kubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka)
Machine:
Type: Convertible System: HP product: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 15-df0xxx
v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8518 v: 10.73 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
v: F.49 date: 04/25/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 33.3 Wh (78.3%) condition: 42.5/42.5 Wh (100%)
volts: 11.45 min: 11.55
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-8565U bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
L2: 1024 KiB
Speed (MHz):avg: 800 min/max: 400/4600 cores:1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Device-3: Quanta HP Wide Vision FHD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver:gpu: i915 resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nouveau,swrast
platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.3-1ubuntu1
renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2)
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 drivers: intel,nvk,llvmpipe
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info:Tools:api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl
API: ALSA v: k6.17.0-5-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP CNVi [Wireless-AC] driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: 38:00:25:e8:0b:02
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
type: USB
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 state: up address: 38:00:25:E8:0B:06 bt-v: 5.1
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
Drives:
Local Storage:total: 1010.42 GiB used: 92.2 MiB (0.0%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0203AH size: 953.87 GiB
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0203AHO size: 27.25 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sda model: N/A size: 29.3 GiB type: USB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 7.68 GiB used: 648.5 MiB (8.3%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
ID-2: /var/log size: 10.98 GiB used: 92.2 MiB (0.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p5
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures:cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 33.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory:total: 16 GiB available: 15.35 GiB used: 4.3 GiB (28.0%)
Processes: 290 Uptime: 1h 1m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.39
Operating System: Kubuntu 25.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-5-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX150
Graphics Processor 2: Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 15-df0xxx
I can boot off a live USB with Kubuntu but not able to boot off the HD. I am able to load Ubuntu on the HD and boot via F9 boot menu, but not without going through the menu.
When I try to boot off the HD with either Kubuntu or Ubuntu it just goes to a black screen. The last thing I've tried is to dual partition Ubuntu and Kubuntu, but no luck booting from either one now.
I've disabled the secure disk and RAID in the bios and tried about every possible setting.
Any recommendations will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Gary
One more piece of info, I tried another re-partition and install, after hitting F9 to the boot menu, I got a flash of "unknown file system" before it went to the menu to select to boot from the USB (eg Try or Install Kubuntu)
System:
Host: kubuntu Kernel: 6.17.0-5-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.5 Distro: Kubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka)
Machine:
Type: Convertible System: HP product: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 15-df0xxx
v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8518 v: 10.73 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
v: F.49 date: 04/25/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 33.3 Wh (78.3%) condition: 42.5/42.5 Wh (100%)
volts: 11.45 min: 11.55
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-8565U bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
L2: 1024 KiB
Speed (MHz):avg: 800 min/max: 400/4600 cores:1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620] driver: i915 v: kernel
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Device-3: Quanta HP Wide Vision FHD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver:gpu: i915 resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nouveau,swrast
platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.3-1ubuntu1
renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (WHL GT2)
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 drivers: intel,nvk,llvmpipe
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
Info:Tools:api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo,
xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP High Definition Audio
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl
API: ALSA v: k6.17.0-5-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel Cannon Point-LP CNVi [Wireless-AC] driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: 38:00:25:e8:0b:02
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) driver: btusb
type: USB
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 state: up address: 38:00:25:E8:0B:06 bt-v: 5.1
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
Drives:
Local Storage:total: 1010.42 GiB used: 92.2 MiB (0.0%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0203AH size: 953.87 GiB
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0203AHO size: 27.25 GiB
ID-3: /dev/sda model: N/A size: 29.3 GiB type: USB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 7.68 GiB used: 648.5 MiB (8.3%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
ID-2: /var/log size: 10.98 GiB used: 92.2 MiB (0.8%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p5
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures:cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 33.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory:total: 16 GiB available: 15.35 GiB used: 4.3 GiB (28.0%)
Processes: 290 Uptime: 1h 1m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.39
Operating System: Kubuntu 25.10
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.17.0
Qt Version: 6.9.2
Kernel Version: 6.17.0-5-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.4 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX150
Graphics Processor 2: Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: HP
Product Name: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 15-df0xxx
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