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  1. Bug #1877889
  2. Comment #19

Comment 19 for bug 1877889

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pauldoo (paul-richards) wrote :

I've switched back to the 5.4 kernel and have enabled the 'nomodeset' parameter. The laptop has booted fine. I'll keep using it like this and let you know if I see another hang on boot.

I've noticed that Wayland is no longer an option on the login screen. I presume this is an expected consequence of disabling modesetting.

$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 5.4.0-31-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-059) (gcc version 9.3.0 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2)) #35-Ubuntu SMP Thu May 7 20:20:34 UTC 2020

$ cat /proc/version_signature
Ubuntu 5.4.0-31.35-generic 5.4.34

$ cat /etc/default/grub | grep GRUB_CMDLINE
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""