Linux Mint 19. Black screen boot.

Graphics / Linux Linux
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I use Linux Mint 19 on my laptop HP Omen. I can not boot system in normal mode. I get black boot screen. I do not see even login form.
Problems started with installing drivers version 390 month ago. I was waiting for an error to be fixed in the update. But after updating nothing changes.
I reinstalled the entire system, but it did not help.
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (63.7 KB)

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You have kernel parameter ‘nomodeset’ set, remove that.
Furthermore, the nvidia module seems to be blacklisted, did you install bumblebee? Otherwise, look if any file in /etc/modprobe.d has a blacklist entry for nvidia, remove that and run sudo update-initramfs -u afterwards.

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I add “nomodeset” parameter before booting system, because this is one way to avoid hovering for me now.
I did not install bumblebee.
My /etc/modprobe.d is clear. I run sudo update-initramfs -u command and restart system.
This did not produce result. I see logo of Linux Mint and then system hangs with a black screen.
I run nvidia-bug-report.sh in recovery mode now.
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (63.3 KB)

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When doing a normal boot and the issue starts, can you switch to VT using CTRL+Alt+F1? If not, install openssh-server, then do a normal boot and login from another system or smartphone using ssh. Run nvidia-bug-report.sh then to catch the error.

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Do I need to install bumblebee and bumblebee-nvidia?

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No, don’t install that. Forget about that, you have secure boot enabled, so the nvidia-driver doesn’t load. Disable secure boot in bios and try again.

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I disable secure boot in bios and now I can not start system even in recovery mode.
I switch to VT and run nvidia-bug-report.sh with disabled secure boot.
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (93.8 KB)

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Everything looks fine now, except you created a /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Delete that, reboot, should work then.

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It works now. Thanks. But I can not change screen size, i can choose 1920x1080 only. And I can not connect second monitor by HDMI.
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (113 KB)

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The nvidia driver is fine but now the modesetting driver for the intel gpu freaks out. As a temporary workaround, please create a file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-avoid-glamor.conf

Section "Module"
  Disable "glamoregl"
EndSection

and reboot.

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Done. It did not help.
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (106 KB)

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Now that’s some really strange Xserver bug. The file to disable glamor is accepted:

[     6.269] (WW) "glamoregl" will not be loaded unless you've specified it to be loaded elsewhere.

Despite saying so, it then loads it:

[     6.623] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[     6.623] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"

For a hard workaround, please delete the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-avoid-glamor.conf
and use this as /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "layout"
    Screen      0  "nvidia" 0 0
    Inactive       "intel"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    Modeline "1280x720_60.00"  74.48  1280 1336 1472 1664  720 721 724 746  -HSync +Vsync
    Modeline "1152x648_60.00" 59.91 1152 1200 1320 1488 648 649 652 671 -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "intel"
    Driver         "modesetting"
    Option         "AccelMethod" "none"
    BusID          "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "nvidia"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BusID          "PCI:1:0:0"
    Option         "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "nvidia"
    Device         "nvidia"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Virtual     1920 1080
    EndSubSection
EndSection
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Yes, now I can change screen size, but it looks like crutch (workaround).
I can not yet still connect the second monitor.

What should I do next to solve my problem completely without temporary solutions?
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (111 KB)

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The modesetting driver is still not working properly. Since this an xserver/modesetting driver bug, only way is to upgrade/downgrade the xorg graphics stack to 1.20 or 1.19.5.
You should report that to your distro.

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Ok, one last idea: Check if you have a concurrent Wayland session, running, e.g. from the login manager. That could cause those strange failures of the modesetting driver.

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How can I check this?

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Check for processes or journal entries
ps a |grep -i wayland
sudo journalctl -b0 --no-pager |grep -i wayland

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Command returns empty result

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No luck then. What kind of connector are you using to connect the external monitor, btw? Was any of your logs created while the external monitor was connected?

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I use HDMI connector.
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (79.5 KB)