The free drivers built in to Ubuntu can sometimes crash with newer graphics cards. The common symptom is that the display will go black at boot or have a corrupted output as shown below.

To fix this, you will need to boot into recovery mode and enable the proprietary drivers. In this example, we use an OnLogic K700 and Ubuntu 20.04. The procedure is the same in 18.04.

Procedure

• Power up your PC and wait for the BIOS screen to come up.

• Press the Esc once or twice to access the GRUB bootloader menu.

• On the K700, wait until the text below the splash screen disappears and then press your Esc key. This helps avoid conflicts with BIOS features that may be triggered by the ESC key.

• If successful, you will be greeted with the following screen.

• Select “Advanced options for Ubuntu” using the down arrow and enter keys.

• Select the line ending with (recovery mode)

• When in recovery mode, select “Resume normal boot”

• Select “OK” on the this should boot the machine into the desktop environment

• Open the application launcher in the bottom left of the screen

• Open “Software and Updates”

• Click the “Additional Drivers” tab

• Select the latest NVIDIA proprietary driver. It will typically be the top option

• Click “Apply Changes”

• Reboot your system and let it start up normally. The driver issue should be resolved.

Ubuntu Linux is supported on most OnLogic PCs, though specific versions might be required. For example, Ubuntu for Intel IoT is required on most systems running 11th Gen Intel CPUs and newer. Technical support for and Ubuntu OS related issues should be directed to ubuntuforums.org

First Time Login

Customer’s who purchase Ubuntu pre-installed on their system will need to setup a user account and password. With Ubuntu Desktop versions, this is done via the Graphical User Interface (GUI). For Ubuntu Server version, you will be prompted to set this up via the Command Line Interface (CLI).

*Note: Ubuntu 22.04 Server will prompt you to change the default password on first boot up. The default password is:

• Username: onlogic

• Password: onlogic

For a full installation guide, please visit the Ubuntu website here:

• A 4GB or larger flash drive (USB 3.0 model recommended for speed)

• A PC running Windows 10

1. Download the Rufus tool from

2. Download the correct Ubuntu ISO image for your system (based on the CPU). Most newer systems such as the K400 series, K800 series, and platforms with 11th Gen CPUs or newer with require .

1. Other platforms can use the latest standard LTS version, such as 22.04 in this example.

2. Older versions can be downloaded from . download the file ending in -desktop-amd64.iso

1. Download the ISO file and Rufus tool, linked above

2. Insert your flash drive and run Rufus

3. Click Select and choose the ISO file you just downloaded.

4. Most systems will use the Partition Scheme set to GPT. For older Systems (2018 or older): Set the Partition Scheme to MBR For context,

• Connect your newly created flash drive to the OnLogic PC and boot to it.

• Press F2 or Delete to access the BIOS. Under the Boot tab, make it the first boot device.

• Exact boot instructions vary by model. If you need assistance, contact support@onlogic.com.

• Select your language and click continue

• Check the box to allow 3rd party software and click continue. This may provide better hardware support.

Prerequisites

• A 4GB or larger flash drive (USB 3.0 model recommended for speed)

• A PC running Windows 10

Downloads

• Download the Clonezilla alternative stable version from https://clonezilla.org/downloads.php

• Download the ISO file and Rufus tool, linked above

• Insert your flash drive and run Rufus

• Click Select and choose the ISO file you just downloaded.

• Click START

• Click OK. This will erase your flash drive and turn it into an Ubuntu installer.

• Wait for Rufus to complete.

• Create a new folder on the flash drive to contain your images. It must not contain any spaces. In this example, we name it TERA-MK100-40-R1

• Copy the folder containing your image into the images folder

• Final Result:

• Safely eject the flash drive and unplug it from the PC.

• Connect your newly created flash drive to the OnLogic PC and power it on.

• If no operating system is installed, the system will likely boot right into Clonezilla.

• If it does not, Press F2 or Delete to access the BIOS. Under the Boot tab, make it the first boot device.

• Exact boot instructions vary by model. If you need assistance, contact support@onlogic.com.

• Select the 2nd option at the Clonezilla boot menu (ending with “& To RAM”)

• Some unimportant text will fly by as Clonezilla boots up

• Press enter to select Language.

• English is recommended to match this guide

• Press enter to select keyboard layout.

• Press enter to start Clonezilla

• Choose the device-image option (default)

• Choose the local_dev option (default)

• A list of the disk drives will be printed. This can be helpful for reference but can usually be ignored. Press control-C to close it.

• Select your USB flash drive as the source defice

• no-fsck is fine

• Select your images folder and press enter

• Do not go any further into the folders.

• Press tab twice and enter to select Done

• Beginner mode is best for our purposes

• Choose the restoredisk option

• You will be prompted to select an image from your images folder.

• Now you will be prompted to choose which disk the image is applied to. In this example, the Transcend drive is our boot drive so we select it.

• Yes, check the image before restoring

• Press enter twice to continue.

• The image restore process will now begin!

• Additional Yes/No prompts may appear as Clonezilla processes your image. Type Y and press enter on each one.

• Success! The image has been applied. Press enter to continue as the prompt on the screen says.

• Select the reboot option and immediately unplug your flash drive.

• The system will restart and should boot right up into your restored image.