I did some research. In fact GRUB2 is unable to load under these conditions:
* booting with BIOS (not UEFI) * Nvidia graphics adapter * usage of display port The failure to boot is only observed with GRUB not when Windows boots directly. I guess the graphics adapter is probed at the start of GRUB and fails for some reason. Could please somebody look into this? Some references: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/c1r3pu/grub_wont_load_when_connected_to_monitor_via/ https://forum.level1techs.com/t/odd-displayport-grub2-boot- issue/136745/15 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1853735 Title: grub2 fails to load with DP1.2 (but not DP1.1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1853735/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs