Re: Latest 19.04 apt dist-upgrade caused my system to boot to a blank screen

[Christopher Patti]

Good troubleshooting call.

I just tried both 'nomodeset' and 'text'.

With either, I still get the same behavior that the system boots to a black screen.

I now suspect this isn't nvidia related at all but in fact more has to do with the fact that my Alienware 17 R5 uses a chip set which 
apparently Linux power management / etc doesn't like very much.

It took me forever to find a distro that would work at all, and now it appears that even my beloved Kubuntu has decided that I suck for not having bought an approved laptop :)

Next time around (in 3-4 years given my budget :) I will be more careful.

-Chris

On Sun, Jul 21, 2019, at 11:16 AM, Dale Trombley wrote:
> Have you tried nomodeset yet?
> 
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019, 10:13 AM Clay Weber <clay at claydoh.com> wrote:
> > __ 
> > What is the actual problem, specifically?
> >> On July 21, 2019 at 1:55 AM Christopher Patti <feoh at feoh.org> wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I saw a systemd update go by which made my eyebrows go up.
> >> 
> >> Tried booting previous kernels, no dice.
> >> 
> >> What would folks suggest as first stage debugging steps? Should I figure out how to track down and revert that systemd upgrade?
> >> 
> >> This is Kubuntu 19.04 on an Alienware 17 R5 / NVidia binary drivers.
> >> 
> >> Would booting into recovery mode (which works fine) and running ubuntu-bug help anything?
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Thanks!
> >> -Chris
> >> 
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