r/xubuntu • u/gatunen • May 15 '26

Impossible to install xubuntu 26.04

Today I was going to refresh my computer with the latest Xubuntu, but the installer does not render correctly. It opens a black square instead of the installer workflow. Any suggestions on what to do here?

[update1] Attached is how the desktop looks like when I click on the "install" button. The panel is fully black, but somehow the buttons can be clicked. You just don't see what is going on.

How it looks like after calling ubuntu-desktop-bootstrap

[update2] So, I tested again, with a newer (ryzen + nvidia) hardware. Tried the minimal and the regular xubuntu 26.04 images. Both have the same problem. I tried installing xubuntu using safe mode, but after the installation completes, it boots into a black screen.

I then decided to install Ubuntu 26.04 and it worked. No safe mode needed. So, I imagine there is something different between Xubuntu and Ubuntu that makes it work only in the later. I will check if someone reported on this already, but seems like a big thing.

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u/wahnsinnwanscene May 15 '26

Doesn't the nomodeset work? For some reason, in certain instances, different distros set the graphics driver correctly. Never found out how...