Questions tagged [nomodeset]
nomodeset is a kernel boot option. Adding the nomodeset parameter instructs the kernel to not load video drivers and use BIOS modes instead until X is loaded.
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Switch driver to modesetting for improved OpenGL support?
I switched to Lubunutu because I read it offers better OpenGL support to run emulators (Via Batocera.Linux) I found the following post from @thefallenrat re. switching to 'modesetting'
https://forum....
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Ubuntu only starts in nomodeset
My Ubuntu Ubuntu (20.04.2 LTS) only starts in nomodeset. I believe it is a graphic card issue, but I do not know how to fix it. I have an intel graphic card on an HP laptop. Reinstalling Ubuntu did ...
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Keyboard and mouse are extremely slow / lagging in Ubuntu 18.04's login screen
I have just installed Ubuntu 18.04 in a computer that has an ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16 motherboard with two Intel Xeon E5-2660v2 CPUs and 128 Gb of DDR3 RAM. Ubuntu is installed in a 1Tb SSD.
Everything ...
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Chose EFI boot on Mac but no Black & White screen to edit boot entry
I am new to this but I wanted to try Ubuntu on my Macbook Pro (2012). i followed a couple of similar instruction on the internet but when I got to the 'edit boot entry' to add "nomodeset" ...
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Ubuntu works well on LiveCD, but the GUI is extremely slow after fresh install
I'm having problems with a fresh install of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
I decided to install a new ssd on my laptop. It's a Lenovo G480 (i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and integrated Intel graphics). So I took out ...
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Black screen on boot without nomodeset
I have just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on a new build with the following hardware:
CPU: Intel i5-10400
Integrated Graphics: Intel UHD 630
Motherboard: ASRock h510m-ITX/ac
RAM: Corsair LPX Vengeance 16GB ...
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AMD Radeon RX 640 not recognized on freshly installed Ubuntu 20.04
Initially, I was running into the problem of black screen on boot up after a fresh installation and after seeing a solution which told me to add nomodeset after quiet splash from the grub screen, it ...
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Black screen after grub selection
I've tried installing six or seven different distros now, including Ubuntu 20.04 and 20.10, and they all suffer from the same thing: a black screen after boot. My monitor would actually go into its ...
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can't boot without nomodeset and with hdmi sound output on ubuntu 21.04
When I try to boot, the screen get glitchy and freeze. I can easily solve it by adding nomodeset in boot parameters. But with nomodeset I can't change the display resolution, and also the hdmi sound ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 stuck on “EFI stub: UEFI Secure Boot is enabled.”
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 20.04.
Everything worked fine.
Two days ago my laptop would boot and get stuck on a black (dark purple) screen.
I fixed this by changing the boot parameters, replacing &...
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Ubuntu 20.04 not starting without nomodeset on Lenovo Titanium
I am not able to start Ubuntu 20.04 without nomodeset in grub on Lenovo X1 Titanium Yoga
lspci | grep VGA
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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 9a40 (rev 01)
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ubuntu 20.10 on Macbook Pro late 2011 freezing at boot
I try to install ubuntu 20.10 on a Macbook Pro late 2011.
In this process, the default install option "Ubuntu" does not work:
I have to select "Ubuntu (Safe graphics)" from the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 goes blank on boot (new PC), works in safe-graphics
I have a new PC with intel i7 10700 CPU and an ASUS B560M Pro4 MOBO. I've installed Ubuntu 20.04 using Safe Graphics mode but whenever I boot, it goes to a black screen (monitor says no signal). I've ...
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No display with 20.04 and Intel GPU drivers
I'm currently using Ubuntu 20.04 on a new PC build with a Intel G6400 (using UHD610 graphics) and a AsRock B560M PRO4 motherboard. My display loses signal on boot when using the Intel GPU drivers, and ...
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Cannot boot in fullscreen with ultrawide 21:9 monitor
I have a 3440x1440 21:9 monitor and I struggled a lot to boot without adding "nomodeset" setting in grub.
I am on ubuntu desktop 20.10 with AMD 5500xt GPU and a ryzen 7 AMD CPU.
My problem ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 seems slower then 18.04 on my desktop
I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 and it seems to have succeeded thanks to "nomodeset" (I had to do it for 18.04 too - using this manual), updates have been brought in, but I still want to check a few ...
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Why can my Pentium G3220 Thinkcentre only boot when using nomodeset in Ubuntu 20.04?
I got a Thinkcentre M83 with an Intel Pentium G3220 for cheap to have a PC for uni at my parents' place. I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on it. Even during the installation, I've had to use the "safe ...
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Monitor losing signal on Ubuntu/Kubuntu 18.04 LTS/20.04 LTS/ 20.10 and Manjaro xfce and kde plasma on AMD RX 580 8GB GPU
As the title specifies I tried to install all the ubuntu/kubuntu and Manjaro xfce or kde plasma based versions mentioned and all of them have the same issues with my rx 580. When I start the ...
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Live USB for installation does not boot, black error screen followed by visual artifacts on a purple screen
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 desktop with Rufus on a computer with the following specs:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600
MOBO: ASUS Prime B450M-A/CSM
RAM: G-Skill Ripjaws DDR4 F4-2400C15D-16GVB
GPU: ...
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stuck at [ok] started GNOME Display Manager.t Dispatcher Service… after linux reboot
->I tried fixing with using nomodeset on grub and similar changes on grub. It didn’t work.
->I tired updating and upgrading in tty terminal but it did not work
->I tried updating from ...
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Ubuntu 19.10: Why can't I boot without nomodeset on? (Intel Graphics)
I have an Asus Zenbook, and it absolutely refuses to boot without nomodeset in the GRUB settings. I have read that this is required sometimes for users with discrete graphics e.g. NVIDIA but this ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 - removed “quiet splash” from Grub, but what with battery life?
I encountered an error during startup, which I solved removing "quiet splash" from grub, following this question:
Ubuntu 19.04 Freeze at loading DELL E6430 i5 - nomodeset didn't work ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 freezes at booting
Ubuntu was installed normally. Then, when I started after the installation, Ubuntu froze at booting. I added the nomodeset command in the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT of the etc/default/grub file. Then, ...
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Splash screen conflicts with other settigns causing Ubuntu 20.04 to hang while booting when using NVIDIA 450 drivers
Ubuntu 20.04; Dell Precision 7540; NVIDIA Quadro T1000; NVIDIA driver 450.80.02
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GRUB -> Advanced Options -> (recovery mode) -> root Drop to root shell prompt
sudo nano /etc/default/...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Intel HD 620: No Brightness control or no display
I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my ASUS UX431F with intel HD620 graphics
No display:
On every boot (on a live key or on the installed distribution) i have to add nomodeset to the grub othezwise the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: reboot error with nomodeset (dis)enabled
My computer has only Ubuntu 20.04 as OS since March (when I became a linux user) and just worked fine. Yesterday I was cleaning the room and accidentally shooted off the operating computer from the ...
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Screen Blinking after update of ubuntu 18.04
Yesterday I updated my ubuntu after reboot the boot menu started blinking black and grey and doesn't start . After search I changed my grub file from GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"...
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Cant boot without nomodeset and radeon.modeset=0 and second of is mixture of colours in game so videocard/gpu? 20.04 / FLICKERING post 2
Alright so lets start, first of is the block of booting 20.04 directly through the grub menu pressing ubuntu*, i just get black screens. Now after some research i got to the point of finding nomodeset,...
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Cant boot without nomodeset and radeon.modeset=0 and second of is mixture of colours in game so videocard/gpu? 20.04 / FLICKERING
Alright so lets start, first of is the block of booting 20.04 directly through the grub menu pressing ubuntu*, i just get black screens. Now after some research i got to the point of finding nomodeset,...
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Make permanent changes in grub
I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
uname -a
Linux username-laptop 4.15.0-112-generic #113-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 9 23:41:39 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
I have to manually add nomodeset after quiet ...
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Can't install Ubuntu try almost all the way get error: end Kernel panic
I checked everything I found in internet and nothing worked in my situation.
I tried to install Ubuntu on my PC. I download Ubuntu 16.04 and put the iso on my USB drive with Universal USB Installer. ...
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My brightness Control is not working (amd)
I actually have tried many ways to correct this
Perhaps I was able to correct it adding a
acpi_osi=Linux acpi_backlight=vendor
in the grub configuration file( in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="...
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Ubuntu stops loading
I recently tried to install Ubuntu Desktop on my laptop, but it wasn't successful, as I had the same problem on every startup.
The Ubuntu version I tried to install is 14.04, and it was downloaded ...
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Ubuntu won't normal boot as it “Failed to start User Manager for UID 121” after wine installation but boots fine with resume option in recovery mode
Im running Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS, kernel 4.15.0-112-generic.
I've never used wine before, so I was curious and gave it a try yesterday. It worked fine, however, ever since my ubuntu just won't boot ...
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How to set Display Resolution while having to use “NOMODESET” on boot
I have a Samsung laptop with a Radeon graphics chip.
Live-Images and graphical installation have always worked on this laptop with the proper resolution of 1366x768. However, after Ubuntu had been ...
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How to enable nodmodeset with mkusb
My bootable USB flash drive containing Ubuntu 18.04 was made with mkusb.
Although the system seems to boot when using this flash drive, I can't see anything. In the past, when I encountered this with ...
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Grub Resolution carries over to Linux
So, I changed the resolution of grub by editing the GRUB_GFXMODE line in /etc/default/grub. I also added nomodeset to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT.
Now the problem is, that whenever I boot into Ubuntu, ...
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I still get blackscreen even after nomodeset
I got the screen like this when i start my computer
Even when i add “nomodeset”, i get the same black screen as below Black screen even after nomodeset
I tried to open terminal using ctrl+alt+F1.......
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Remove nomodeset from grub not working
I currently have nomodeset enabled every time I boot up (I added it using sudo /etc/default/grub and then sudo update-grub) in order to fix a blackscreen issue regarding my nvidia gfx card.
Now,I ...
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18.04 to 20.04 broke monitor
I am running a dual boot with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 and UEFI. I tried ubuntu live CD and it worked perfectly including recognizing monitor and setting to correct resolution. I upgraded ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu won't boot. Frozen cursor in the top left
I have been having difficulties with my Ubuntu installation.
It will no longer boot and shows a frozen cursor in the top left corner, I have checked many websites and have tried stuff like nomodeset, ...
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How to access to Recovery Mode in Ubuntu 19.10 (so I can modify Grub)?
I have just installed Ubuntu Studio 19.10 on two computers (Mac) and I completely love it. I only have problems on one of the two. I should add the "nomodeset" in grub file (as I did for the version ...
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Is nomodeset still required?
I'm going to be installing Ubuntu 15.10 soon after a break from Linux for a while. I would like to know if nomodeset is still required on newer Ubuntu releases and newer nVidia GPUs. I have a GTX970.
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HP Omen ubuntu setup problem ACPI Error: no handler or method for GPE (number), disabling event (code)
I have laptop HP Omen 15-dh0004ur
Several days I've been trying to setup Linux distribution, and its failed. Problem with Ubuntu installation, photo of the screen attached.
Also I've checked ...
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not able to use xrandr after booting ubuntu tablet with nomodeset
I have installed ubuntu 14.04 in my intel-z3735f baytrail tablet. I can boot this device and get the desktop only with nomodeset parameter.(When booted without nomodeset getting blank screen) But when ...
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I have two problems. My ubuntu don't load without nomodeset and my graphics aren't working
During installation when in tried to install Ubuntu 16.04 my screen was stuck on the Ubuntu loading. I found a solution of nomodeset in GRUB screen but when i added it my screen resolution is stuck on ...
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My hp 250 g4 shuts down in installation [duplicate]
hi all i am new to Ubuntu
i want to install Ubuntu in my laptop hp 250 but it always shuts down in the first seconds and not installing
i searched in the net and installed it with nomodeset
my ...
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Can't change the brightness with nomodeset
If I try and boot without nomodeset I go to a black screen. On this I can adjust my brightness using Fn + <-/-> but I can't actually do anything.
I can boot with nomodeset but then I cannot ...
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I am unable to boot into ubuntu something weird than purple screen
I don't understand this and when i boot into grub menu and edit quiet splash to nomodeset something like I/O error sda flags ....etc appears and doesn't boot. When I normally boot in without any ...
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Installation of NVDIA drivers on ASUS ZenBook 14 UX431FN-AN001T
I just installed ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS 64b on an ASUS ZenBook 14 UX431FN-AN001T using both Intel and NVIDIA GeForce MX150.
I don't manage to use the nvidia graphic card and up to now, could use the ...
