Ubuntu 20.04 on Dell Precision 7730, intel i9 hexacore, 64GB Ram, 500GB HD, Radeon
20.04.03 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-99-generic x86_64)
*NOT* dual boot
*NOT* NVidia
Did *not* just upgrade to a new major version.
My machine was running fine yesterday. I decided to turn it off at end of day. The next morning, I noticed it had not turned completely off, but had a black screen (but you could tell power was still on). NP, I touched the power button and it shut off. After restarting, it comes up to a black screen with a blinking cursor.
I can boot off of a CD with an Ubuntu 20.04.03, and everything works fine there. Also did a hardware diagnostic with no problems reported.
I've now spent hours attempting everything I could find here and elsewhere. Here is a summary of what I've done, all followed by a reboot, so far nothing has worked:
apt --fix-missing install | apt-get update | apt -full-upgrade
apt-get install --fix-broken
removed all cache (though my HD wasn't near full)
restarted gdm3
removed, reinstalled and reconfigured gdm3
removed, reinstalled and reconfigured xserver-xorg
Tried previous kernel from grub menu
Tried from recovery mode on existing and previous kernel
At this point, when I ran 'sudo egrep "xorg|WW|EE" /var/log/syslog'
It reported an error with /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamorgl.so
backed up and then restored all xorg modules from a 15 day old backup
Now, when I run 'sudo egrep "xorg|WW|EE" /var/log/syslog'
I'm getting a large number of errors:
amdgpu module ABI major version (23) does not match the server's version (24)
So, restored xorg modules back to what they were.
Now I'm back to the glamor initialization failed after loading the libglamoregl.so.
Tried the following to no avail:
modified /etc/default/grub changing the line to:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"
sudo update-grub
** Another note: I can use lightdm, but it doesn't accept my credentials. So I'm thinking it has something to do with gdm3.
** Another Note: I confirmed the error with libglamoregl.so started last night at 9:09PM (my time), which is the time I selected to shut down the system.
** Followed the steps here to no avail:
https://linuxhint.com/fix-broken-ubuntu-without-reinstalling/
** Tried the following to no avail:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
** added 'blacklist radeon'
sudo update-initramfs -c -k all
sudo shutdown -r now
Tried a different search around the internet, and I may have been on a tangent all day. Not sure how to copy the output, as I'm posting this from another computer, but there are other errors surrounding 'org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter' exiting with status 1. This is followed by errors about not being able to open the display. specifically:
-- The job identifier is 3425.
Feb 16 08:34:14 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 NetworkManager[1583]: <info> [1645022054.1422] manager: NetworkManager state is now CONNECTED_GLOBAL
Feb 16 08:34:14 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 NetworkManager[1583]: <info> [1645022054.1450] policy: set 'Wired connection 1' (eno1) as default for IPv4 routing and DNS
Feb 16 08:34:14 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 whoopsie[2439]: [08:34:14] Cannot reach: https://daisy.ubuntu.com
Feb 16 08:34:14 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 whoopsie[2439]: [08:34:14] The default IPv4 route is: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1
Feb 16 08:34:14 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 whoopsie[2439]: [08:34:14] Not a paid data plan: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1
Feb 16 08:34:14 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 whoopsie[2439]: [08:34:14] Found usable connection: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/ActiveConnection/1
Feb 16 08:34:15 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 whoopsie[2439]: [08:34:15] online
Feb 16 08:34:15 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 dbus-daemon[3618]: [session uid=1001 pid=3618] Activating service name='org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter' requested by ':1.15' (uid=1001 pid=3705 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --foreground" label="unconfined")
Feb 16 08:34:15 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 unknown[4580]: cannot open display:
Feb 16 08:34:15 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 dbus-daemon[3618]: [session uid=1001 pid=3618] Activated service 'org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter' failed: Process org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter exited with status 1
Feb 16 08:34:15 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 gnome-keyring-d[3705]: couldn't create system prompt: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter exited with status 1
Feb 16 08:34:15 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 gnome-keyring-daemon[3705]: couldn't create system prompt: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter exited with status 1
Feb 16 08:34:15 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 goa-daemon[3667]: secret_password_lookup_sync() returned NULL
Feb 16 08:34:15 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter[4580]: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Feb 16 08:34:16 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 dbus-daemon[3618]: [session uid=1001 pid=3618] Activating service name='org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter' requested by ':1.15' (uid=1001 pid=3705 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-keyring-daemon --start --foreground" label="unconfined")
Feb 16 08:34:16 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter[4583]: Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Feb 16 08:34:16 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 gcr-prompter[4583]: cannot open display:
Feb 16 08:34:16 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 dbus-daemon[3618]: [session uid=1001 pid=3618] Activated service 'org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter' failed: Process org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter exited with status 1
Feb 16 08:34:16 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 gnome-keyring-daemon[3705]: couldn't create system prompt: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter exited with status 1
Feb 16 08:34:16 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 gnome-keyring-d[3705]: couldn't create system prompt: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.gnome.keyring.SystemPrompter exited with status 1
Feb 16 08:34:16 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 goa-daemon[3667]: secret_password_lookup_sync() returned NULL Feb 16 08:34:24 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 systemd[1]: NetworkManager-dispatcher.service: Succeeded.
-- Subject: Unit succeeded
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://www.ubuntu.com/support
--
-- The unit NetworkManager-dispatcher.service has successfully entered the 'dead' state.
Feb 16 08:35:01 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 CRON[4597]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Feb 16 08:35:01 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 CRON[4598]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1)
Feb 16 08:35:01 josephmmorgan-Precision-7730 CRON[4597]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root
Now... no more help to be found. I have no ideas.
Please help.
