Public bug reported: When I ran "sudo update-grub" after changing the line in grub.conf to be "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset", the screen turned to black and the windows would not appear. I was forced to open a tty session and reboot.
Expected Results: The command runs but the screen does not turn black until I initiate a shutdown/reboot Actual Results: The screen turns black and the startup tasks and status appear over a black background, as it would when I push the up key when ubuntu starts up. This issue occurred at around 3:47 PM, EDT, on November 29, 2019. Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Release: 18.04 mutter: Installed: 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.2 Candidate: 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.2 Version table: *** 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.28.1-1ubuntu1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages xorg: Installed: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 Candidate: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 Version table: *** 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:7.7+19ubuntu7 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: mutter 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-70.79-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-70-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Fri Nov 29 15:45:03 2019 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: mutter UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: mutter (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to mutter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1854536 Title: When I ran "update-grub" after editing the grub.conf file to have GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset" written in it, the screen turned to black and displayed the running taks with the green "OK" letters next to them To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/1854536/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs