[Bug 1855488] Re: When I ran "update-grub" after editing the grub.conf file to have GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset" written in it, the screen turned to black and displayed the running taks with the green "OK" letters next to them

[Daniel van Vugt]

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Title:
  When I ran "update-grub" after editing the grub.conf file to have
  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset" written in it, the screen turned to
  black and displayed the running taks with the green "OK" letters next
  to them

Status in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I ran "sudo update-grub" after changing the line in grub.conf to
  be "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="nomodeset", the screen turned to black and the
  windows would not appear. I was forced to open a tty session and
  reboot.

  Expected Results:
  The command runs but the screen does not turn black until I initiate a shutdown/reboot

  Actual Results:
  The screen turns black and the startup tasks and status appear over a black background, as it would when I push the up key when ubuntu starts up.

  This issue occurred at around 3:47 PM, EDT, on November 29, 2019.

  Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
  Release: 18.04

  plymouth:
    Installed: 0.9.3-1ubuntu7.18.04.2
    Candidate: 0.9.3-1ubuntu7.18.04.2
    Version table:
   *** 0.9.3-1ubuntu7.18.04.2 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       0.9.3-1ubuntu7 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages

  mutter:
    Installed: 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.2
    Candidate: 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.2
    Version table:
   *** 3.28.4-0ubuntu18.04.2 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       3.28.1-1ubuntu1 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages

  xorg:
    Installed: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1
    Candidate: 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1
    Version table:
   *** 1:7.7+19ubuntu7.1 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1:7.7+19ubuntu7 500
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: plymouth 0.9.3-1ubuntu7.18.04.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-37.40~18.04.1-generic 5.0.21
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-37-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
  Architecture: amd64
  BootLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/boot.log'
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Dec  6 14:55:00 2019
  DefaultPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  MachineType: Gateway DX4860
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.0.0-37-generic root=UUID=3c16de60-443d-4ba1-baee-e0f3153202c0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.0.0-37-generic root=UUID=3c16de60-443d-4ba1-baee-e0f3153202c0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /usr/share/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/01/2011
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: P02-A1
  dmi.board.name: IPISB-VR
  dmi.board.vendor: Gateway
  dmi.board.version: 1.01
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Gateway
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP02-A1:bd08/01/2011:svnGateway:pnDX4860:pvr:rvnGateway:rnIPISB-VR:rvr1.01:cvnGateway:ct3:cvr:
  dmi.product.family: Gateway Desktop
  dmi.product.name: DX4860
  dmi.sys.vendor: Gateway

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