Ubuntu 17.10.1 boots into a black screen with no display, when switching into "EFI VGA" during boot up.
Modifying the boot menu to run in "text" mode, shows the last line as below, before losing all monitor output:
"Switching to EFI VGA"
The 15m DisplayPort cable shouldn't be a problem, but using a DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter and a 1m DVI cable works
PC Specs
CPU : Intel Core i9-7900X 4.3GHz 10-Core
MBO : ASRock X299 Taichi
RAM : Corsair Vengeance 32GB
GPU : EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3
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ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
DisplayManager: gdm3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-05 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
Package: gnome-shell 3.26.2-0ubuntu0.1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13
Tags: artful
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
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ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.7
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC2: eric 2029 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: eric 2029 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: eric 2029 F...m pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: eric 2029 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: artful
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
DistroVariant: ubuntu
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=efed4438-d8f7-494f-bc1f-c5097c43bfff
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-05 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
Package: mesa (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=screen
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 EFI VGA
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-32-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=e6bd0705-72b8-4f01-ba2f-15282ceafa55 ro text
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-32-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-32-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.169.3
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
Tags: artful ubuntu
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 08/08/2017
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.60
dmi.board.name: X299 Taichi
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.60:bd08/08/2017:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnX299Taichi:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
version.compiz: compiz N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.83-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~17.10.2
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.2.4-0ubuntu1~17.10.2
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.10.0-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20170309-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2
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