You have been subscribed to a public bug: Ubuntu 17.10.1 boots into a black screen with no display, when switching into "EFI VGA" during boot up.
Modifying the boot menu to run in "text" mode, shows the last line as below, before losing all monitor output: "Switching to EFI VGA" The 15m DisplayPort cable shouldn't be a problem, but using a DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter and a 1m DVI cable works PC Specs CPU : Intel Core i9-7900X 4.3GHz 10-Core MBO : ASRock X299 Taichi RAM : Corsair Vengeance 32GB GPU : EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 ** Affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete -- [GeForce GTX 1080] 17.10.1 DisplayPort 15m cable no display after starting "EFI VGA" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747488 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs