Thanks. Problems specific to nouveau like this are either going to be in
the mesa package, or the kernel. Maybe 'mutter' but that's less likely.
** Package changed: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) => mesa (Ubuntu)
** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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@Daniel van Vugt
Yeah, when it was a fresh install. The grub boot loader displayed, and
once it started booting into Ubuntu, the last line (in 'text' mode) was
saying "changing into EFI VGA"; after that there were no monitor output,
as if it were connected, but just a black display; and unlike a
OK. Are you saying the bug only happened when using the default
'nouveau' driver?
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Title:
[GeForce GTX 1080] 17.10.1
The NonfreeKernelModules information would be incorrect, since I
installed the nvidia proprietary drivers.
But it was using nouveau when it was freshly installed.
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** Description changed:
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
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