Now this is interesting! As part Ubuntu updates the kernel was updated on 23rd April 2018 to 4.13.0-39-generic #44~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 5 16:43:10 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux On 3 consecutive occasions no the laptop has booted fine!
I decided to look around /ver/log and noticed this for the first time -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1929 Apr 24 09:04 gpu-manager.log and I now attach it for anyone to see. If you look at this log you will see that it provides many negative answers to questions regarding which graphics card is present. But this small extract here shows that it eventually found "/dev/dri/card0". Vendor/Device Id: 8086:46 BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0" Is boot vga? yes Skipping , driven by "i915" Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915" Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915" Found "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915" output 0: card0-LVDS-1 Number of connected outputs for /dev/dri/card0: 1 Does it require offloading? yes last cards number = 1 If you recall, this bug was reporting that card could not be found and was therefore booting into low graphics mode. So, is my system fixed? Has the new kernel fixed it? ** Attachment added: "gpu-manager.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1764087/+attachment/5126399/+files/gpu-manager.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1764087 Title: Wrongly boots into low graphics mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1764087/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs