My install on Laptop from ISO not working

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Unable to run the Installer on my Laptop, booted from USB
HP ZBook Studio 15.6 G8 Mobil Workstation

I have Windows 10 Pro installed on the laptop (with Bitlocker activated). I am trying to install Linux as a Dual Boot option.

I tried both Tumbleweed and Leap 16.0

When booting the OpenSUSE Tumbleweed ISO image
Selecting Install
It is booting up - Get the standard boot log
I get that screen with the Green progress bar at the bottom
Loading Basic drivers, Hardware detecting, then Starting installer
But then I just get a black screen - With a very small . or - at the upper left corner. Then nothing - No matter how long I waited for the graphical installer.

When booting the OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 ISO image
Selecting Install
It is booting up - Get the standard boot log
Does not get that screen with the green progress bar.
just get a black screen - With a very small . or - at the upper left corner. Then nothing - No matter how long I waited for the graphical installer.
Difference: the dot in the upper left corner is blinking

I also tried to deactivate Secure Boot in BIOS - That did not help

What could the problem be here?

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Did you already try with nomodeset on the kernel command line?

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I did not try that nomodeset.

I made a change in my BIOS now that worked.
By changing Graphics from Hybrid to UMA.

Why does it not work installing with Hybrid graphics enabled in BIOS. It has been many years since I installed Linux on a laptop with Dual Graphics, but never got this problem before.

After I checked out what the deal was with nomodeset, It seems dual graphics might be the problem
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Nomodeset:_Work_Around_Graphic_Upgrade_%26_Installation_Obstacles

I then got back into BIOS - Reactivated Hybrid graphics and rebooted the installer with nomodeset. I got up the installer again.

At least I got into the installer now.

One other thing that did not go smooth with the installer. After selecting language, I was thrown into Network configuration. It had not set up anything, and I had to manually add the Wireless Network interface to continue.
But it did not offer me to connect to any WiFi during installation.

I was planning on following this Guide to install NVIDIA Prime after the installation
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_SUSE_Prime

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Suse prime is kind of deprecated. Use switcherooctl instead.

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A lot have changed since I used Bumblebee years ago. I found Bumblebee was deprecated and replaced with NVIDIA Prime.

When I read the documentation on Bumblebee
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_Bumblebee
It says NVIDIA Prime is preferred.

As NVIDIA now officially supports PRIME Render offload, that method is preferred over Bumblebee for laptops with hybrid graphics.

Although the NVIDIA Prime documentation says nothing about being deprecated and replaced with Switcheroo.

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Already one year ago…

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That should have been mentioned then on the NVIDIA Prime Wiki page

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It’s done…

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After you have installed the drivers, don’t forget to remove nomodeset from the kernel command line or the drivers won’t work.
To remove the parameter:

sudo update-bootloader --del-option nomodeset
sudo update-bootloader --config
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