Unable to boot Kali Linux 2017.1 on ASUS Vivobook Pro

[baldoius]

Dear Community


I'm trying to boot a live usb stick of Kali 2017.1 on a ASUS Vivobook Pro (N522VX)
I remember that the 2016.x versions always worked on my notebook.

Kali version (KDE/GNOME, Arhitecture) Kali 64 bit /32bit 2017.1
Kali installation (VM, HDD, USB) USB Live (3.0 as well as 2.0)
Basic output of commands (ifconfig, iwconfig, lspci, lsusb, dmesg, etc.) *will try to boot in failsafe mode and copy these outputs*

Tried Boot options:

• Live, normal: Either a problem with initramfs or "start job for live-config is running" (forever)
• Live, Fail-Safe: WORKS. (at least sometimes)
• Live, Forensic: initramfs error or start job for live-config
• Live, Persistence (with and without encryption): initramfs error

The USB's tried were:

• a cheap giveaway usb 2.0 , slow
• sandisk 3.0 usb

USB's were made with

• LiLi USB Creator
• Win32DiskImager

Other Tries made:

• Booting a 32bit Version of Kali - no changes
• Plugged in USB Stick in 2.0 Port - no changes
• Upgraded / Downgraded BIOS and Chipset Drivers - no changes




At that point, I'm very desperate
Is there anything I can still try?


Thanks for your time.

edit will try to boot in failsafe and post these outputs.

[baldoius]

I attached the logs, as I'm limited to 10'000 characters here. There's an interesting entry in dmesg....

logs.zip

Thanks for your support.

[baldoius]

Sorry If I'm posting and adding all the time, but while waiting I'm trying some options on my own.
Today I managed to boot the normal live mode (playing with grub parameters)

As soon I'm removing nomodeset, it begins hanging (live-config is running...)

Is nomodeset important in any way? Does it decrease the system performance?
Can I get rid of this workaround? Installing graphic card drivers?

Kind regards