Hi, Last week end, I tried to upgrade from Mint 19.3 to Mint 20. After upgrading, grub menu was displayed, but the boot was just freezing right after "Loading initial ramdisk". I tried lots of kernel options, without any success. Mint 19.3 Live usb key was booting, Mint 20 not. Ubuntu 20 too was freezing.
My system is an Asus Pro Art PA90, system details at the end of the message. At one time, I boot on Mint 19.3 live key (Grub 2.02), type "c" for Grub command, and type : set prefix=(hd0,gpt2)/grub set root=(hd0,gpt2) insmod linux insmod normal normal Then I get the Mint 20 menu, and select to start Mint in recovery mode And it works ! Since I succeed to start the system, I removed the Grub 2.04 and replace it by old Grub 2.02 wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/grub2/grub-common_2.02-2ubuntu8.15_amd64.deb wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/grub2/grub-efi-amd64-bin_2.02-2ubuntu8.15_amd64.deb wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/grub2/grub-pc-bin_2.02-2ubuntu8.15_amd64.deb wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/grub2/grub-efi-amd64_2.02-2ubuntu8.15_amd64.deb wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/grub2/grub-pc_2.02-2ubuntu8.15_amd64.deb wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/grub2/grub2-common_2.02-2ubuntu8.15_amd64.deb wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/grub2-signed/grub-efi-amd64-signed_1.93.16+2.02-2ubuntu8.15_amd64.deb wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/grub-gfxpayload-lists/grub-gfxpayload-lists_0.7_amd64.deb # remove current Grub 2.04 sudo apt-get purge grub-gfxpayload-lists grub-pc-bin grub2-common grub-pc grub-efi-amd64-signed shim-signed # install Grub 2.02 sudo dpkg -i *.deb then grub-install /dev/sda update-grub My system now boot in with the "fail safe" option. I'm not sure if this is a bug related to Ubuntu or Grub, but installing old Grub version fixed my issue. Thanks ! System: Host: XXXX Kernel: 5.0.0-32-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 7.4.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic Machine: Type: Desktop System: ASUSTeK product: MINIPC PA90 v: 1001 serial: <filter> Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PA90 v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter> UEFI: ASUSTeK v: 1001 date: 03/15/2020 Battery: Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800 serial: <filter> charge: 55% status: Discharging Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master serial: <filter> charge: 55% status: Discharging CPU: Topology: 8-Core model: Intel Core i9-9900K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: C L2 cache: 16.0 MiB flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 115200 Speed: 4654 MHz min/max: 800/5000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4671 2: 4700 3: 4701 4: 4703 5: 4786 6: 4782 7: 4776 8: 4700 9: 4642 10: 4781 11: 4792 12: 4781 13: 4741 14: 4701 15: 4755 16: 4725 Graphics: Device-1: Intel vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:3e98 Device-2: NVIDIA GP104GL [Quadro P4000] driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1bb1 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz OpenGL: renderer: NV134 v: 4.3 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a348 Device-2: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:10f0 Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.0.0-32-generic Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9560 [Jefferson Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 4000 bus ID: 00:14.3 chip ID: 8086:a370 IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter> Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: efa0 bus ID: 00:1f.6 chip ID: 8086:15bc IF: eno2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Drives: Local Storage: total: 2.21 TiB used: 8.15 GiB (0.4%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLB512HAJQ-00000 size: 476.94 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra II 960GB size: 1.75 TiB serial: <filter> Partition: ID-1: / size: 1.69 TiB used: 7.93 GiB (0.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 ID-2: /boot size: 897.3 MiB used: 168.8 MiB (18.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 ID-3: swap-1 size: 31.59 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1 USB: Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid rev: 2.0 chip ID: 046d:c52b Hub: 1-3:3 info: Texas Instruments TUSB8041 4-Port Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 chip ID: 0451:8142 Device-2: 1-14:4 info: Intel type: Bluetooth driver: btusb rev: 2.0 chip ID: 8087:0aaa Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 3.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 Hub: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0002 Hub: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 chip ID: 1d6b:0003 Device-3: 4-1:2 info: SanDisk type: Mass Storage driver: uas rev: 3.1 chip ID: 0781:5593 Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 61.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 52 C Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 gpu: nouveau fan: 3443 Repos: No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 1: deb [arch=amd64] http: //dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 1: deb http: //mirrors.evowise.com/linuxmint/packages tricia main upstream import backport 2: deb http: //fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse 3: deb http: //fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse 4: deb http: //fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse 5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse 6: deb http: //archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-unstable.list 1: deb [arch=amd64] https: //repo.skype.com/deb unstable main Info: Processes: 405 Uptime: 14m Memory: 31.26 GiB used: 2.24 GiB (7.2%) Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 7 Client: Unknown python3.6 client inxi: 3.0.32
