monitor starts momentarily on startup then goes dark

[kadlam]

Linux servertwo 5.15.0-112-generic #122-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 23 07:48:21 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

a) after updating, I need to hard power off the ubuntu device and power on in order to reboot
b) during boot process, the monitor displays momentarily and then goes dark
c) once boot load complete, I can connect to my ubuntu devices from another computer on LAN via SSH
d) doing 'sudo shutdown -P now' does not power off the ubuntu device

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.19
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-112.122-generic 5.15.152
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-112-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CloudArchitecture: x86_64
CloudID: nocloud
CloudName: unknown
CloudPlatform: nocloud
CloudSubPlatform: seed-dir (/var/lib/cloud/seed/nocloud-net)
CrashDB: ubuntu
Date: Sat Jun 8 13:12:04 2024
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: dist-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-09-04 (643 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeXorgFixuplog:
 INFO:root:/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade running
 INFO:root:No xorg.conf, exiting