Installing Qubes 3.2 on an Alienware

[Tristan Fleming]

Has anyone found a work around for Qubes on an Alienware 17 r4?

I just bought this laptop thinking that it would work with Qubes. So far, I havent had any luck. It was a good excuse to buy a new laptop, though! ;)

I bought the Alienware 17 r4

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ
8gb ram DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 with 6GB GDDR5 (problem numero uno)

So, to the point, I have two problems. One is the GFX card. And the other is UEFI.

Oh, and lest we forget the Qubes bugs.

I booted in Legacy mode, initial graphics GUI starts, Boot into basic graphics mode;

Basic Graphics Mode FAILS

Txt based install has common bugs: "LUKS was not provided a pw" Cannot partition, cannot install!

On the Hardware Compatibility List, it says Alienware works but without sound. So, how did that person get Alienware to work!?

Any help is appreciated. My problems are common, but someone figured this out, right?

Thanks, crew!

[Grzesiek Chodzicki]

Nvidia 10 series GPUs are not yet supported by nouveau driver. If possible disable it in UEFI (switch to Intel iGPU).

[Mike Keehan]

I found that I had to boot in UEFI mode for the graphical installer
to work with my new laptop - legacy booting the usb stick gave me the
same text installer problems you are seeing.

Mike.