I have a multi boot computer with several versions of Kubuntu running. My main distro was 14.04 LTS I’d been using since that version was released.
The issue I’m seeing is the display is not functioning as it should. From startup, the Dell logo pops up, then grub displays. Most of the time the display is now garbled at the grub menu. When I proceed to boot any of the dist I have installed, I may get the initial Kubutu logo, then the screen goes completely black (like no power) then the display stays on but completely black not responsive to any keyboard input other than the power button. After a few reboots, randomly I can get a dist to load or load partially then the at different stages of it loading the screen goes mixed with random pixels. Then there is no response from the keyboard.
I’ve installed kubutu 18 LTS on the whole SSD I’m using and it functioned normally the first time then it has ceased to load 100% for enough time to troubleshoot.
This leads me to think I have a HW issue, but I am not certain. I made no changes to any dist just before this problem started. One dist drive was very full then I moved or deleted a bunch of files. None of the partitions have less than 17 Gb of free space now.
Some specs,
Dell M4700
320 GB disc drive (multiple distros on it, including my main dist I’ve used daily for a long time)
120 GB SSD (new install of Kubuntu 18 on the whole disk from a usb)
GPU is M4000
I can boot into a CLI from grub but not any other way. My main concern is I need to find out if this is HW or SW issue. If it’s HW then I need to buy a laptop ASAP.
Where should I start troubleshooting and sharing the output?
The issue I’m seeing is the display is not functioning as it should. From startup, the Dell logo pops up, then grub displays. Most of the time the display is now garbled at the grub menu. When I proceed to boot any of the dist I have installed, I may get the initial Kubutu logo, then the screen goes completely black (like no power) then the display stays on but completely black not responsive to any keyboard input other than the power button. After a few reboots, randomly I can get a dist to load or load partially then the at different stages of it loading the screen goes mixed with random pixels. Then there is no response from the keyboard.
I’ve installed kubutu 18 LTS on the whole SSD I’m using and it functioned normally the first time then it has ceased to load 100% for enough time to troubleshoot.
This leads me to think I have a HW issue, but I am not certain. I made no changes to any dist just before this problem started. One dist drive was very full then I moved or deleted a bunch of files. None of the partitions have less than 17 Gb of free space now.
Some specs,
Dell M4700
320 GB disc drive (multiple distros on it, including my main dist I’ve used daily for a long time)
120 GB SSD (new install of Kubuntu 18 on the whole disk from a usb)
GPU is M4000
I can boot into a CLI from grub but not any other way. My main concern is I need to find out if this is HW or SW issue. If it’s HW then I need to buy a laptop ASAP.
Where should I start troubleshooting and sharing the output?
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