[SOLVED] Blank Screen in Ubuntu 24.04.3

My laptop showed a blank screen when I tried to try run any version of Linux on it with a bootable USB.

Operating Systems tried:

1. Ubuntu 24.04

2. Ubuntu 22.04

3. Ubuntu 20.04

4. Linux Mint Cinnamon 21

After selecting try Ubuntu 24 (say) in the installation menu, I would get a blank screen and had to force power it off.

However, they worked in recovery mode. 

Fix:

1. Insert bootable usb

2. run os in recovery mode

3. Install OS onto system

4. Run in recovery mode

5. Now, modify display settings through GRUB

Changing Display settings in Ubuntu

✅Fix: 

Switching off panel screen refresh, and preventing it from entering deep power saving modes. 

Steps: 

1) enter grub

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

2) change the line: 

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.enable_psr=0 intel_idle.max_cstate=1"

3) ctrl + o → save

4) ctrl + x → exit

5n in Ubuntu format.. not the FAT nor NTFS as require) updating grub

sudo update-grub

6) reboot system

sudo reboot

Other Attempts: 

force system to use a basic VESA driver instead of the original Intel i915 driver. 

✅ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset"

this worked! 

Ubuntu normal mode works successfully!

Issues: 

1. all graphic rendering happens on CPU. GPU is useless.

2. video playback drops. no good quality videos

3. web browsers become sluggish, since animations aren't supported

4. no system brightness control

5. lower resolution display

6. low refresh rate

7. massive battery drain (cpu cant enter into power saving states)

8. increase in heat produced

thus nomodeset is just a temporary emergency boot option. not sustainable. 

 

❌ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.enable_psr=0"

❌ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash i915.enable_dc=0"

❌ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash intel_iommu=off"