Extracting a Hackintosh codec: Try ubuntu without install appears when booting Ubuntu

When I was setting up my Hackintosh, the installation and graphics drivers went pretty smoothly, but I got stuck on the audio driver for several days.

I read lots of posts and tutorials, all of which said to extract the codec under linux. (I recommend using UltralSO on windows to create the bootable USB drive; I tried several times on mac without success.) After finally getting the USB drive ready, I still couldn't boot into it—it kept getting stuck for various reasons. Using a virtual machine on macos doesn't work either; you can't extract the codec that way.

Later, I realized the issue was that my monitor was connected to the graphics card via HDMI. My guess was that ubuntu didn't have the GTX driver. I then connected the monitor directly to the motherboard with a VGA cable, and it worked.

The fix was simple, but I hadn't found it online before, so I thought I'd share it. Hope it helps.