Just noting that I had this same issue on my Dell XPS 9550 laptop, which has a 3840x2160 display. The workaround of setting GFXMODE=800x600 in the grub config worked for me too, thanks! And of course had the nice side effect of actually making the grub menu readable. :-)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1842320 Title: Out of Memory on boot with 5.2.0 kernel Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Upgraded from 19.04 to current 19.10 using "do-release-upgrade -d". Can still boot using the previous 5.0.0-25-generic kernel, but the 5.2.0-15-generic fails to start. On selecting Ubuntu from Grub, the message "error: out of memory." is immediately shown. Pressing a key attempts to start boot-up but fails to mount root fs. Machine is HP Spectre X360 with 8GB RAM. Under kernel 5.0.0, free shows the following (run from Gnome terminal): total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 7906564 1761196 3833240 1020216 2312128 4849224 Swap: 1003516 0 1003516 Kernel packages installed: linux-generic 5.2.0.15.16 amd64 linux-headers-5.2.0-15 5.2.0-15.16 all linux-headers-5.2.0-15-generic 5.2.0-15.16 amd64 linux-headers-generic 5.2.0.15.16 amd64 linux-image-5.0.0-25-generic 5.0.0-25.26 amd64 linux-image-5.2.0-15-generic 5.2.0-15.16+signed1 amd64 linux-image-generic 5.2.0.15.16 amd64 linux-modules-5.0.0-25-generic 5.0.0-25.26 amd64 linux-modules-5.2.0-15-generic 5.2.0-15.16 amd64 linux-modules-extra-5.0.0-25-generic 5.0.0-25.26 amd64 linux-modules-extra-5.2.0-15-generic 5.2.0-15.16 amd64 Photo of kernel panic attached. NVMe drive partition layout (GPT): Device Start End Sectors Size Type /dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System /dev/nvme0n1p2 1050624 2549759 1499136 732M Linux filesystem /dev/nvme0n1p3 2549760 1000214527 997664768 475.7G Linux filesystem $ sudo pvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/mapper/nvme0n1p3_crypt ubuntu-vg lvm2 a-- <475.71g 0 $ sudo lvs LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert root ubuntu-vg -wi-ao---- 474.75g swap_1 ubuntu-vg -wi-ao---- 980.00m Partition 3 is LUKS encrypted. Root LV is ext4. --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: gmckeown 1647 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-15 (18 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) Lsusb: Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 8087:0a2b Intel Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 04f2:b593 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd HP Wide Vision FHD Camera Bus 001 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub MachineType: HP HP Spectre x360 Convertible 13-ae0xx Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.0.0-25-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-25.26-generic 5.0.18 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.0.0-25-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.0.0-25-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.181 Tags: eoan Uname: Linux 5.0.0-25-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2019-09-02 (0 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 05/17/2019 dmi.bios.vendor: AMI dmi.bios.version: F.25 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 83B9 dmi.board.vendor: HP dmi.board.version: 56.43 dmi.chassis.type: 31 dmi.chassis.vendor: HP dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAMI:bvrF.25:bd05/17/2019:svnHP:pnHPSpectrex360Convertible13-ae0xx:pvr:rvnHP:rn83B9:rvr56.43:cvnHP:ct31:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.family: 103C_5335KV HP Spectre dmi.product.name: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 13-ae0xx dmi.product.sku: 2QH38EA#ABU dmi.sys.vendor: HP To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1842320/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
