Dell Precision M4800: Black screen after login with new 18.04 install

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What happens (and I've repeated this a few times) is that I'll:



  1. Install 18.04.1 (to be safe: minimal installation, no 3rd party packages).

  2. Reboot, removing the USB stick in the progress.

  3. Login into Ubuntu successfully (just once).

  4. Restart the computer. When I login, I'll get a black screen after successfully entering my password and hitting enter. Eventually I just force reset.

I'll rarely be able to get back in later, but it's not clear what makes it work (race condition?).



Before logging in, I can get to a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-F2 (and startx if necessary).







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    What happens (and I've repeated this a few times) is that I'll:



    1. Install 18.04.1 (to be safe: minimal installation, no 3rd party packages).

    2. Reboot, removing the USB stick in the progress.

    3. Login into Ubuntu successfully (just once).

    4. Restart the computer. When I login, I'll get a black screen after successfully entering my password and hitting enter. Eventually I just force reset.

    I'll rarely be able to get back in later, but it's not clear what makes it work (race condition?).



    Before logging in, I can get to a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-F2 (and startx if necessary).







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      What happens (and I've repeated this a few times) is that I'll:



      1. Install 18.04.1 (to be safe: minimal installation, no 3rd party packages).

      2. Reboot, removing the USB stick in the progress.

      3. Login into Ubuntu successfully (just once).

      4. Restart the computer. When I login, I'll get a black screen after successfully entering my password and hitting enter. Eventually I just force reset.

      I'll rarely be able to get back in later, but it's not clear what makes it work (race condition?).



      Before logging in, I can get to a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-F2 (and startx if necessary).







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      What happens (and I've repeated this a few times) is that I'll:



      1. Install 18.04.1 (to be safe: minimal installation, no 3rd party packages).

      2. Reboot, removing the USB stick in the progress.

      3. Login into Ubuntu successfully (just once).

      4. Restart the computer. When I login, I'll get a black screen after successfully entering my password and hitting enter. Eventually I just force reset.

      I'll rarely be able to get back in later, but it's not clear what makes it work (race condition?).



      Before logging in, I can get to a terminal with Ctrl-Alt-F2 (and startx if necessary).









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