I have tried to install Rocky Linux 10 several times, but the installation fails at different points in time. Sometimes I can complete the installation, but it gets stuck at a grey screen. Other times I can’t even complete the installation. I think the main culprit is this error that I get in the very beginning of the installation:
Does something with a newer kernel for your hardware work? For example when you install Fedora 43?
Googling your error doesn’t show up much, but there are issues where it has occurred on Ubuntu. I would be tempted to try Fedora 43 to rule out older kernels with lack of hardware support, and since Fedora has a pretty up-to-date kernel it’s more likely to work fine.
It appears to have “something” to do with qemu and/or vmware. What that “something” is, I have no idea. But it does raise the question: are you installing this as a virtual machine?
I’m currently trying to install Fedora 43. It gave me the following error while booting up. It did boot up the desktop environment, but I don’t get an installation wizard and can’t seem to open it (clicking on “Install to Hard Drive” doesn’t do anything except zoom in to the desktop). I tried opening up LibreOffice and that made the whole thing freeze up. It’s not frozen completely, but the whole process is slow and stuttering. It showed the LibreOffice “launcher/logo thing” but didn’t actually open the program.
It seems like it’s still trying to open it, but everything is running at 5 Frames per Minute. So it might still be installing to the hard drive right now, just very, very slowly. I’ll let it run in the background and check on it afterwards. For now, it seems like Fedora 43 is not agreeing with my system but not outright refusing to boot or run like Rocky Linux. Edit: I’d say Fedora 43 is basically acting the same as Rocky Linux, so the problem might be related.
I did manage to get a Rocky Linux minimal installation running, but it still gave me the same error.
Yes, I am. I probably should’ve clarified. I’m using VMware Workstation 17 Pro (and only that, since my teacher already warned about using 2 hypervisors at the same time). I’ve been troubleshooting by having every other VM powered off, but no luck so far. I’ve experimented with a few distros, mainly Ubuntu and its variants. So far, Rocky Linux has been the only one that gave me pre-installation errors.
I get the impression that this is a bug of some kind in vmware. Are you using a HP computer? Apparently it’s been known to show up with certain firmware versions on HP computers.
I’m using an ASUS Vivobook 18. That could be the case. I would try another hypervisor if they didn’t mess eachother up. I guess I could try installing it on my main PC’s VMware. Check to see if I experience the same problem.
