I restarted my laptop and it no longer boots into Linux, just a black screen and after waiting 10 minutes it’s still black
Tried nomodeset and it still doesn’t work, restarting a few more times, still black screen
I can access GRUB and BIOS
#Booting into black screen, nomodeset doesn’t work
spare sparrow
vagrant fiber
Did it started to go black after you installed nvidia driver?
spare sparrow
Well I did update my driver recently, so I’m assuming that’s the case
vagrant fiber
Since you can access bios, are there any settings about secure boot?
spare sparrow
It’s disabled
vagrant fiber
Does it have key management section?
spare sparrow
There’s a section that says factory keys, is that what you mean?
vagrant fiber
Can you take a photo?
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vagrant fiber
Alright, in grub menu go to advanced options, do you have earlier kernels there?
vagrant fiber
yeah, try 6.14
spare sparrow
Oh it worked
Okay, I can get into mint now… is there something I should do in this kernel?
vagrant fiber
Did you switch to 6.17 right before the screen went black?
spare sparrow
Yeah I was on 6.17 when it went black
vagrant fiber
let's see, go to the terminal and type
inxi -Gxxx ; dkms status
show results
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vagrant fiber
Go to update manager - linux kernels and remove 6.17.0-23 and then install it again - look for any errors
spare sparrow
I don’t notice any errors but I am seeing a new notice to install 6.14.0-37
vagrant fiber
if you removed and installed 6.17 without issues, try booting to it
spare sparrow
Same issue it seems, 6.14 booted instantly but 6.17 isn’t booting
vagrant fiber
Alright, so it's not a glitch during install. Next, in grub menu select the 6.17 kernel and press e. On the next screen, find words quiet splash, remove them and type nomodeset instead, press f10 and see where it goes black (if it will)
spare sparrow
Ah okay I got an error message
vagrant fiber
What's the message?
vagrant fiber
Not moving from there?
vagrant fiber
I see, please wait.
Ok, let's try a few parameters. Restart, go to grub, press e and try nvidia-drm.modeset=1 nvidia-drm.fbdev=1 this time (remove quiet splash)
spare sparrow
Remove quiet splash and type that instead ?
vagrant fiber
yes, just like with nomodeset, but these parameters now
vagrant fiber
So it booted with these 2 ?
spare sparrow
Yup
vagrant fiber
Let's see which part is actually needed. restart again and try just nvidia-drm.modeset=1 this time.
spare sparrow
That one worked
vagrant fiber
So just nvidia-drm.modeset=1 is enough?
spare sparrow
Yup
vagrant fiber
Ok, then go to settings - system administration, click + and add nvidia-drm.modeset=1 then save
spare sparrow
Done
vagrant fiber
Restart normally to check, it should boot now
spare sparrow
Weirdly enough, it’s not booting ?? I tried advanced startup and the nvidia line was still there and still not booting
Oh wait
Quiet splash wasn’t removed should I do that
vagrant fiber
Try that
spare sparrow
Yeah okay that worked.. is there a way to remove quiet splash in boot parameters
vagrant fiber
Really? ..... huh.... could you check if it boots when you remove all 3 parameters?
vagrant fiber
That's weird.... please wait.
Ok, you're on the desktop now?
If you are, open the terminal and type
sudo xed /etc/default/grub
in the opened file remove words "quiet splash", then save the file and close the editor. Back at the terminal type
sudo update-grub
after it's done, restart and check
spare sparrow
remove quotes too?
vagrant fiber
no, leave quotes