installation of 17.10 freezes on HP Pavillion Power 15-cb0xx

I successfully run Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS Desktop AMD64 alongside preinstalled windows 10 on a 15-cb070nz HP pavilion notebook. I needed to start linux with nomodeset:

  • disable secure boot in bios
  • boot ubuntu installation image from USB stick
  • on bootmanager press e and then add "nomodeset" in front of "quiet splash", then CTRL+X
  • Install ubuntu
  • 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
  • When in desktop, enter terminal with CTRL+ALT+T, and edit that GRUB starts linux every time 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.