[Bug 1863434] Re: 20.04 grub menu not visible

[Igor Alexandre Dutra e Soçva]

I am having this issue too. I have a Dell Vostro 5470 notebook, i5-4210U
processor, 8GiB DDR3 RAM, 480GB SSD and a GeForce GT 740M. I have a dual
boot instalation alongside Windows 10. After installing Ubuntu 20.04,
after the POST screen, all that is shown is a blank screen with a cursor
(not blinking) and, after a while, Ubuntu is loaded. Using the arrow
keys I am able to select another option, but I can't see them.

I tried installing grub-customizer and changing some options (like grub
resolution and font style and size), but it didn't work. Below it the
grub version that is installed:


Package: grub2
Version: 2.04-1ubuntu26
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers <pkg-grub-devel at alioth-lists.debian.net>

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Title:
  20.04 grub menu not visible

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  T430
  Ubuntu MATE 20.04

  New installation.

  After initial boot there is a blank black screen where grub should be visible.
  Grub is functional but not visible.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: grub-common 2.04-1ubuntu18
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu16
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Sat Feb 15 09:19:13 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-14 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200214)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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