I have enjoyed Ubuntu Studio for many years because of the music processing and graphics uses. I had planned to put it on my Framework 16 but the project is not going well. I wondered if anyone here knew what might be going wrong?
I can install Ubuntu Studio 24.04 LTS without a problem. On first boot, after prompting me to remove my UBS stick, I’m in and it all works and looks great.
Then I run:
sudo apt update
When I reboot I get a black screen. Only the power light is on.
I tried downloading the .iso again, making a fresh bootable USB and checking it, reinstalling. Same exact result.
Is there a specific order I should be performing the updates, that would avoid this problem (i.e. graphics card first, then kernel). If so, how do I try this step by step to find out where the problem is? I do definitely want to be able to update my system regularly with stable releases.
Any help much appreciated, until then I’ll be using standard Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Try doing a sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade - the upgrade may not take all required things/dependencies into account.
Thanks @Jorg_Mertin
Unfortunately same result with sudo apt dist-upgrade
When I hit Esc during booting I get:
select a boot option
GNU GRUB version 2.12
Minimal BASH-line line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions…
grub>
I don’t know what this means
I can boot to the BIOS and it lists the AMD Ryzen and the DRAM correctly
The kernel is 6.8.0-31-lowlatency
Hmmm. If you are in grub, means it breaks the efi entry.
$ efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0001
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,0004,0006,0000
Boot0000* P4: INTEL SSDMCEAC060B3
Boot0001* ubuntu
Boot0004* UEFI OS
Boot0006* ubuntu
It should be possible to also rescue the existing system by booting the rescue image from USB-Stick, but that is quite complex and is not something we could explain in detail here (because it requires details).
Here’s what I got:
efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0003
After that I had a look at the boot log
sudo cat /va/log/boot.log
------------ Thu May 02 15:10:45 UTC 2024 ------------: 15:10:52.710: Permissions for /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml are too open. Netplan configuration should NOT be accessible by others.oo | o+oo | .= |
Apologies if I included too much detail here. I don’t know what’s relevant or not!?
This is the log before I run any updates. I don’t know how to generate a log of what happened when the boot fails.
Thanks again for responses so far
Update: I tried a reboot without running any updates at all and it went straight to black screen.
Actually, it seems it is booting, only not into X-Windows.
Before you do that though, go into /etc/default/ and edit the file “grub” and change the timeout settings:
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
GRUB_TIMEOUT=3
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
First line will present you a menu of found systems. It should also let you boot into recovery.
Once the file is edited, run:
$ sudo update-grub2
It should regenerate the grub boot loader with these options.
PS: That will only work after you rebooted after the installation, as during the installation, the / filesystem is mounted somewhere else for installation.
PPS: If you can get into the CLI with Ctrl-Alt-F3 - you can also apply the changes to the grub configuation!
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Jorg has already addressed what occurs to me.
I know the project lead for the project, I may need to investigate getting them sorted on their end with hardware. I will see what is possible.
In the short term, booting to the CLI prompt.
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
Make sure your set to:
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu3
Then run this command:
sudo update-grub2
Reboot
Thank you so much @Jorg_Mertin and @Matt_Hartley this fix works for me, I could go on to update and upgrade everything including the BIOS and drivers as well. Whilst I don’t understand the verbose output of the boot sequence, it’s kind of fun to see all the green [yes] boxes and have an additional menu should I need that in the future when I learn more about these things. I’m very happy to have Ubuntu Studio again because I really love this distro
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Glad it worked.
And yes, if grub is not installed correctly, it can make some problems if you don’t know what happens under the surface.
Maybe I’ll check out Ubuntu studio myself, as we all play at least a music instrument in the family and it is time we start recording some ;D
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Nick_Burke:
Thank you so much @Jorg_Mertin and @Matt_Hartley this fix works for me, I could go on to update and upgrade everything including the BIOS and drivers as well. Whilst I don’t understand the verbose output of the boot sequence, it’s kind of fun to see all the green [yes] boxes and have an additional menu should I need that in the future when I learn more about these things. I’m very happy to have Ubuntu Studio again because I really love this distro
Delighted to hear it, marking resolved.
