Installing Ubuntu 18.04 on HP Pavillion Power

I was able to do this by setting nomodeset I followed the following steps as described here

1. disable secure boot in bios
2. boot ubuntu installation image from USB stick
3. on bootmanager press e and then add "nomodeset" in front of "quiet splash", then CTRL+X

4. Install Ubuntu

5. After installation remove USB stick and change boot order ubuntu first in BIOS once again: in bootmanager press e and then add "nomodeset" in front of "quiet splash", then CTRL+X

6. When in desktop, enter terminal with CTRL+ALT+T, and edit GRUB to prevent it from always starting with nomodeset:

   sudo nano /etc/default/grub
   

add nomodeset: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset", CTRL+X

sudo update-grub

reboot After that you should be able to running ubuntu.

I have the same issue and use the same machine.

Finally, I managed to install ubuntu-16.04-desktop-amd64. using these steps:

1. Create a live USB boot using Rufus:

   • Partition scheme: MBR
   • Target system: BIOS or UEFI

2. Install Ubuntu with installation type Something Else

If you cannot install on the first attempt, try again.

Currently, I'm trying to update from 16.01 to Ubuntu 18.04.

An alternative suggestion can be found in this article How to install Ubuntu on HP Pavilion Power 15.