I'm really a GNU/Linux newbie and tried to install ubuntu 15.04, 15.10 and even 16.04 on my new laptop with i5 6300hq gtx970m and windows installed with UEFI.
Everytime I try to install ubuntu, I get the following error:
"ACPI : EC: Fail in evaluating the _REG object of EC device. Broken bios is suspected."
What's annoying is that I can't even run any live CD of ubuntu or install any on vmware. Any help please?
your acpi is complaining for some reason and the only workaround for this is to disable acpi on your system during the installation.
There are 2 ways to workaround this issue:
you can either set boot parameter to nomodeset (here are the steps/details):
ACPI : EC: Fail in evaluating the _REG object of EC device. Broken bios is suspected
Or set boot parameter to acpi=off
If you don't know how to set boot parameter follow the step by step guide of official ubuntu here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions
This is probably due to driver incompatibility for acpi (newer), once you hace the system up and running without acpi you can find the correct drivers and update them.
