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 --- ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME DisplayManager: gdm3 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-05 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1) NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia Package: gnome-shell 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13 Tags: artful Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True ** Affects: mesa (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Incomplete ** Tags: apport-collected artful -- [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 Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to mesa in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp