Your Intel GPU, which usually is the only GPU wired directly to the laptop screen, requires modesetting to be enabled. I recall old versions of the Nvidia driver did not like that, but current versions do. I think "current" includes Ubuntu 18.04.
As for the grub menu, yes it might have become harder to trigger in recent years but I am pretty sure Escape still works. You just have to be very fast... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830000 Title: NVIDIA driver (390) does not allow progress to login screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/+bug/1830000/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
