I have a new Lenovo ideapad1 AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 8GB RAM and 1TB SSD. I have disabled secure boot and wifi in the BIOS. I have successfully flashed the startos-0.3.5.1-39de098_x86_64.iso to a USB drive using Balena Etcher and tried to install this on the ideapad1 but it fails and gives me an error. The install processes speeds by so quickly I can’t tell what is going on/wrong. And when it fails at the end, it has a message that says:
Log File: “/home/kiosk/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log”, Time: Wed Apr 16 etc…
Using system config directory “/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d”
.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. (EE) (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
I’m a pretty low-level computer user - not a software developer or coder. I don’t know what any of this means or how to find this log file at all. Can someone please help?
Thank you for getting back to me so quickly! So I tried to do this with the non-free image ( [startos-0.3.5.1-39de098_x86_64-nonfree.iso) and it did get further than it did with the other version, but it still failed on installation. At least this time it took me to a StartOS Diagnostic Mode screen where it says “network error” and “could not detect ethernet interface”. I’ve attached a picture of the log file.
This laptop only has a wifi card - it has no ethernet card or port to connect it directly to a router via ethernet cable. I have tried to install this both with the wifi enabled in the BIOS and with it disabled, and it gives me the same errors. I have secure boot disabled.
Appreciate any additional guidance you can provide!
Thanks!
Most likely, a network interface driver is missing. If you have a USB-to-Ethernet adapter, connect it before starting the installation. This often bypasses driver issues with built-in network ports and can help ensure a stable connection during setup.
