Booting Problem : can't request region for resource

Question

I'm quite new at this because I've been using windows and now I'm stuck not knowing what to do. I created a bootable USB stick with Rufus, changed the boot options and started to boot Ubuntu. It shows the grub menu and the first 2 choices are install or try without installing. When I select either on of those 2, it starts booting but then hangs in the loading screen. I pressed F2 and I get the error:

can't request region for resource

I have tried every possible combination of BIOS settings, Rufus settings and some of the solutions that I found online but nothing works. I even formatted Windows 10 and still nothing. All drivers are up to date. I just run out of ideas, need help.

You appear to be affected by [this bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/intel/+bug/1596469) — Elder Geek, Mar 07 '17 at 16:14
Voting to reopen it because it's in top search results and the connected question is too broad. — int_ua, May 07 '20 at 23:06

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 08 '20 at 18:51

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The solution was a mixture of both of those threads. By getting started Ubuntu with the nomodeset I was able to install both Ubuntu and the drivers needed (I have 2 graphics cards in my laptop and apparently that causes the problem) and now everything runs smoothly.

edited May 08 '20 at 18:51

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answered Mar 06 '17 at 16:47

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Please mark this answer as accepted if you are still around – int_ua May 07 '20 at 23:02

Booting Problem : can't request region for resource

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