Public bug reported: After a fresh install of Ubuntu Mate 16.04.1 on my laptop I have some problems booting. After the grub menu the screen goes blank and nothing happens after that. I think the system is booting properly apart from the screen not showing anything, I can change the volume using the hardware keys and I can connect with SSH from another machine. I've found two workarounds for this problem.
1) Select recovery mode from the grub meny and then resume normal boot, however, the screen resolution is not set properly. 2) Change my grub config file to boot into text mode. I commented out the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" and changed GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”text" and uncommented the line #GRUB_TERMINAL=console After running sudo update-grub and rebooting the system boots into MATE and the correct screen resolution is set. I've collected dmesg after a "blank screen" boot, let me know if there is anything else I should provide. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Fri Oct 7 22:41:04 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-06 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg freeze UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug freeze xenial ** Attachment added: "dmesg.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1631528/+attachment/4757005/+files/dmesg.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1631528 Title: Blank screen after grub menu Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After a fresh install of Ubuntu Mate 16.04.1 on my laptop I have some problems booting. After the grub menu the screen goes blank and nothing happens after that. I think the system is booting properly apart from the screen not showing anything, I can change the volume using the hardware keys and I can connect with SSH from another machine. I've found two workarounds for this problem. 1) Select recovery mode from the grub meny and then resume normal boot, however, the screen resolution is not set properly. 2) Change my grub config file to boot into text mode. I commented out the line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" and changed GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”text" and uncommented the line #GRUB_TERMINAL=console After running sudo update-grub and rebooting the system boots into MATE and the correct screen resolution is set. I've collected dmesg after a "blank screen" boot, let me know if there is anything else I should provide. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Fri Oct 7 22:41:04 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-06 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg freeze UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1631528/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp