Black screen with messages after new install 17.10

[corrado venturini]

I installed Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170919) on my PC from an USB key . The installation run without errors but after the message 'Installation complete ... restart now' i saw just a black screen with only 3 messages:

Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e
MODSIGN: Couldn't get UEFI db list
Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e
and nothing else.

After a while I pressed the power-off button and at power-on the system started ok.

I have a multi-boot on an UEFI disk:
corrado@corrado-aa-0919-p9:~$ sudo lsblk -o NAME,LABEL,SIZE,FSTYPE,UUID,MOUNTPOINT
[sudo] password for corrado:
NAME LABEL SIZE FSTYPE UUID MOUNTPOINT
loop0 81,4M squashfs /snap/core/2898
loop1 135,4M squashfs /snap/gimp/25
sda 931,5G
├─sda1 256M vfat 1BE3-7FBC /boot/efi
├─sda2 8G swap c2e53ec7-5ac9-4a78-b45c-0b4dac1e3796 [SWAP]
├─sda3 32G ext4 07575f68-3368-4342-8698-25c6b4f98bb9
├─sda4 32G ext4 acf3839b-7ed0-4e48-a751-729226005018
├─sda5 32G ext4 018125f1-5d18-4014-8c98-05895917cecd
├─sda6 p6-aa-0701 32G ext4 813c705f-7625-4cb3-9f00-76d7985e09e1
├─sda7 32G ext4 865207ab-c82c-4903-b3ce-a15c2142aa4a
├─sda8 p8-aa-0626 32G ext4 fd85e65b-51be-4c4b-b48a-41f17df345e0
├─sda9 32G ext4 405e72ac-f610-4e04-84cb-2720b3fa0b90 /
├─sda10 p10-xeni 32G ext4 f8d52995-0139-40e5-b332-56e711eff4cb
├─sda11 dati1 128G ext4 036ea265-8c5e-41a9-9375-c5ea71a11cfa /media/corrado/dati1
├─sda12 dati2 256G ext4 c7ae5473-33be-4517-a653-06e2b137871f
└─sda13 dati3 283,3G ext4 4bac0904-c00b-4453-bdd0-3c0df42d1ec2
sr0 1024M
corrado@corrado-aa-0919-p9:~$

I have the same problem installing on a different partition from DVD.
I had also the same problem installing a preceding daily on a different hardware (my HP laptop)

After install I have not done anything on this partition (I'm working from another one) so i may provide all the logs to help diagnose the problem.

corrado@corrado-aa-0919-p9:~$ inxi -Fx
System: Host: corrado-aa-0919-p9 Kernel: 4.13.0-11-generic x86_64 bits: 64 gcc: 7.2.0
           Desktop: Gnome 3.26.0 (Gtk 3.22.21-0ubuntu1) Distro: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark (development branch)
Machine: Device: desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: H87M-D3H v: x.x serial: N/A UEFI: American Megatrends v: F3 date: 04/24/2013
CPU: Dual core Intel Core i3-4130 (-HT-MCP-) arch: Haswell rev.3 cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 13568
           clock speeds: max: 3400 MHz 1: 3392 MHz 2: 3392 MHz 3: 3392 MHz 4: 3392 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel 4th Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0
           Display Server: x11 (X.Org 1.19.3 ) driver: i915 Resolution: 1680x1050@59.88hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell version: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.1 Direct Render: Yes
Audio: Card-1 Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Card-2 Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:03.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.13.0-11-generic
Network: Card: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 94:de:80:7e:90:a7
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1000.2GB (6.0% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST1000DM003 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 32G used: 4.7G (16%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda9
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.59GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
RAID: No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8C mobo: 27.8C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 239 Uptime: 1:42 Memory: 1260.3/7859.8MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: N/A
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.37
corrado@corrado-aa-0919-p9:~$

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[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

I have no idea about the package, the problem occurs at end of installation, system is not yet started. I see only a black screen as from attachment. May you suggest where i can look? thanks.

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

may be related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1706939

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

At end install of recent daily (0926 and 0930) I have the following messages and then ... nothing more. After hardware power-off and restart the system works fine.

[ 0.000000] [Firmware bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata: please update microcode to version 0x52 (or later)
[ 4.094635] Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e
[ 4.094648] MODSIGN: Couldn't get UEFI db list
[ 4.096356] Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e

The problem and the message about Firmware bug occurs on all 3 my PC's all with Intel CPU.

The last 3 messages appear also at each boot:

10:40:03 gnome-session-b: CRITICAL: Unable to create a DBus proxy for GnomeScreensaver: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.ScreenSaver: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.gnome.ScreenSaver exited with status 1
10:39:37 colord-sane: io/hpmud/pp.c 627: unable to read device-id ret=-1
10:39:20 gnome-session-b: CRITICAL: Unable to create a DBus proxy for GnomeScreensaver: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.gnome.ScreenSaver: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.gnome.ScreenSaver exited with status 1
10:39:19 NetworkManager: ((src/devices/nm-device.c:1452)): assertion '<dropped>' failed
10:39:16 avahi-daemon: chroot.c: open() failed: No such file or directory
10:39:07 kernel: Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e
10:39:07 kernel: MODSIGN: Couldn't get UEFI db list
10:39:07 kernel: Couldn't get size: 0x800000000000000e

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

it seems a common problem also if nobody sign up on my bug.
https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2374046

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

still same problem installing Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Beta amd64 (20171011)

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

This *could* be another variation of this bug, in any event it's well known that the odds of successfully exiting a live session with gdm3 are slim to none. Also noted that the below won't be fixed in 17.10.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1706939

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

Problem disappeared installing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20171108)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Spass (spass)]

Unfortunately I can confirm this issue on 18.04 Bionic Daily too. amd64 UEFI install on Dell E6410 laptop, alongside Windows 7.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1719191

[Bob/Paul (ubuntu-launchpad-bobpaul)]

I'm experiencing this on ubuntu-18.04-live-server-amd64.iso, trying to install to FreeBSD's bhyve virtualmachine. Host system is FreeNAS-11.1-U4

I'm starting my VM with the following command:
$ bhyve -H -w -c 1 -m 1024 -s 0:0,hostbridge -s 31,lpc -l com1,/dev/nmdm15A -l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd -s 3,virtio-net,tap8,mac=00:a0:98:1d:50:33 -s 29,fbuf,vncserver,tcp=10.0.0.5:5915,w=1280,h=1024,, -s 30,xhci,tablet -s 4,virtio-blk,/dev/zvol/storage/vms/myvmdisk -s 5,ahci-cd,/mnt/storage/ubuntu-18.04-live-server-amd64.iso 15_myvm

if I leave it long enough, eventually I get "INFO: task kworker/0:1:32 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Not tainted 4.15.0-20-generic #21-ubuntu"

[corrado venturini (corradoventu)]

Old problem about Ubuntu 17.10. Changed status to invalid.