Ubuntu 24.04 Black Screen on Boot

[ph1191188]

I recently did a fresh install of Ubuntu 24.04 on my Dell XPS 8900 (with a GTX 1650) in an effort to go fully Linux before Windows 10's end-of-life date. The installation went fine but when I shut down for the first time the shutdown process just hung on a black screen, so I had to force the shutdown. Attempting to start the system again, I get the Dell splash screen for a few moments, then I get that same black screen.

I've tried modifying the GRUB with nomodeset and starting the sytem in recovery mode. I don't know if this is a NVIDIA drivers issue but from everything I've read online, that seems to be a primary culprit. I believe I'm using the proprietary NVIDIA drivers.

Finally, I ran journalctl --lines=100 and got the follow screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Condobloke]

G'day ph1191188, Welcome to Linux.org

Go into BIOS and disable Fast Boot & Secure Boot.

Then try again.

 

[ph1191188]

Hi Condobloke, thanks for following up.

I can confirm that Secure Boot is disabled, and when I go to the Fast Boot option in the BIOS, it's currently on "Thorough", which I think means it's off? I didn't see any other options to disable.

Unfortunately, I still get the black screen.

 

[Condobloke]

I do not own a Dell, but if this were me, I would set that to Minimal

It will do no harm




--fastboot
Valid Argument thorough, minimal, automatic
Description Enables fast booting.
• thorough — Sets POST to perform complete hardware and
configuration testing.
• minimal — Sets POST to perform minimal hardware testing.
• automatic — Allows the BIOS to decide what level of POST test
is used.

 

[ph1191188]

So right after my last post I tried adding the following to the GRUB boot command (based on this thread): pcie_aspm=off; and this seemed to fix the issue. I'm not sure why it fixed the issue, something to do with power management?

 

[Condobloke]

if that fixed it....well done!

I am unsure why. I am aware it saves some power, but I know nothing further. Has it had any effect on performance ?

Hopefully someone will chime in with an answer to that