Ubuntu 18.04 fails to boot on Dell Inspiron 15-3552

The name of the pictureThe name of the pictureThe name of the pictureClash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP








up vote
0
down vote

favorite












Having a blank screen after grub. Able to boot with nomodeset. journalctl -b-1 shows session before failed session. I think this is not backlight problem. I also tried to play sound on hotkey and it didn't work. Neither osi_acpi=.



Having nomodeset, system boots but I get X session and software rasterizer llvmpipe.



My questions are:



  • am I able to see any log before kernel ring buffer is flushed to /var/log/kern.log (this log doesn't seem to contain any messages from failed boot, so I suppose that the fail happens earlier)

  • am I having X session because wayland does not work with nomodeset? I have read some comments that the Wayland should not work without kms.

  • If I'm stuck with nomodeset and Xorg, can it be possible to setup Xorg to use the intel graphics driver? (I have read the comment that intel video driver does not work without kms somewhere in the internet, is it possible true?)

P.S.: this laptop comes with preinstalled Ubuntu 14.04 but it failed to open user session after software updates.



P.P.S.: I'm some kind of new to linux troubleshooting so I please to leave comment on what additional info and how should be retrieved.







share|improve this question























    up vote
    0
    down vote

    favorite












    Having a blank screen after grub. Able to boot with nomodeset. journalctl -b-1 shows session before failed session. I think this is not backlight problem. I also tried to play sound on hotkey and it didn't work. Neither osi_acpi=.



    Having nomodeset, system boots but I get X session and software rasterizer llvmpipe.



    My questions are:



    • am I able to see any log before kernel ring buffer is flushed to /var/log/kern.log (this log doesn't seem to contain any messages from failed boot, so I suppose that the fail happens earlier)

    • am I having X session because wayland does not work with nomodeset? I have read some comments that the Wayland should not work without kms.

    • If I'm stuck with nomodeset and Xorg, can it be possible to setup Xorg to use the intel graphics driver? (I have read the comment that intel video driver does not work without kms somewhere in the internet, is it possible true?)

    P.S.: this laptop comes with preinstalled Ubuntu 14.04 but it failed to open user session after software updates.



    P.P.S.: I'm some kind of new to linux troubleshooting so I please to leave comment on what additional info and how should be retrieved.







    share|improve this question





















      up vote
      0
      down vote

      favorite









      up vote
      0
      down vote

      favorite











      Having a blank screen after grub. Able to boot with nomodeset. journalctl -b-1 shows session before failed session. I think this is not backlight problem. I also tried to play sound on hotkey and it didn't work. Neither osi_acpi=.



      Having nomodeset, system boots but I get X session and software rasterizer llvmpipe.



      My questions are:



      • am I able to see any log before kernel ring buffer is flushed to /var/log/kern.log (this log doesn't seem to contain any messages from failed boot, so I suppose that the fail happens earlier)

      • am I having X session because wayland does not work with nomodeset? I have read some comments that the Wayland should not work without kms.

      • If I'm stuck with nomodeset and Xorg, can it be possible to setup Xorg to use the intel graphics driver? (I have read the comment that intel video driver does not work without kms somewhere in the internet, is it possible true?)

      P.S.: this laptop comes with preinstalled Ubuntu 14.04 but it failed to open user session after software updates.



      P.P.S.: I'm some kind of new to linux troubleshooting so I please to leave comment on what additional info and how should be retrieved.







      share|improve this question











      Having a blank screen after grub. Able to boot with nomodeset. journalctl -b-1 shows session before failed session. I think this is not backlight problem. I also tried to play sound on hotkey and it didn't work. Neither osi_acpi=.



      Having nomodeset, system boots but I get X session and software rasterizer llvmpipe.



      My questions are:



      • am I able to see any log before kernel ring buffer is flushed to /var/log/kern.log (this log doesn't seem to contain any messages from failed boot, so I suppose that the fail happens earlier)

      • am I having X session because wayland does not work with nomodeset? I have read some comments that the Wayland should not work without kms.

      • If I'm stuck with nomodeset and Xorg, can it be possible to setup Xorg to use the intel graphics driver? (I have read the comment that intel video driver does not work without kms somewhere in the internet, is it possible true?)

      P.S.: this laptop comes with preinstalled Ubuntu 14.04 but it failed to open user session after software updates.



      P.P.S.: I'm some kind of new to linux troubleshooting so I please to leave comment on what additional info and how should be retrieved.









      share|improve this question










      share|improve this question




      share|improve this question









      asked Jun 3 at 16:10









      slavust

      11




      11

























          active

          oldest

          votes











          Your Answer







          StackExchange.ready(function()
          var channelOptions =
          tags: "".split(" "),
          id: "89"
          ;
          initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

          StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
          // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
          if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
          StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
          createEditor();
          );

          else
          createEditor();

          );

          function createEditor()
          StackExchange.prepareEditor(
          heartbeatType: 'answer',
          convertImagesToLinks: true,
          noModals: false,
          showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
          reputationToPostImages: 10,
          bindNavPrevention: true,
          postfix: "",
          onDemand: true,
          discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
          ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
          );



          );








           

          draft saved


          draft discarded


















          StackExchange.ready(
          function ()
          StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1043237%2fubuntu-18-04-fails-to-boot-on-dell-inspiron-15-3552%23new-answer', 'question_page');

          );

          Post as a guest



































          active

          oldest

          votes













          active

          oldest

          votes









          active

          oldest

          votes






          active

          oldest

          votes










           

          draft saved


          draft discarded


























           


          draft saved


          draft discarded














          StackExchange.ready(
          function ()
          StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2fquestions%2f1043237%2fubuntu-18-04-fails-to-boot-on-dell-inspiron-15-3552%23new-answer', 'question_page');

          );

          Post as a guest













































































          Popular posts from this blog

          How do so many people here on Academia.SE, and in general, afford lavish higher education programs?

          Trouble downloading packages list due to a “Hash sum mismatch” error

          How do I move numbers in filenames, in a batch renaming operation?