Hi, I am a fairly long-time linux user (since 2005 with early Ubuntu) and have played with many distros over the years. I use Fedora on my desktop, and - yesterday - changed to Fedora from Ubuntu on my laptop after a big Ubuntu upgrade killed the system.
I have had Fedora work fine multiple times on the laptop over the last few years, and it started perfectly. I got it set up as needed, and then ran a big set of updates. Then on reboot, nothing. No manufacturers logo, no display. Tried with three external monitors, nothing. But I can hear that the system is ‘ok’ because I can hear output from the volume up/down buttons.
Any ideas how to resolve? I’ve never come across anything like this before - I have destroyed countless systems over the years and always happy to reinstall. Never had a display fail to show the manufacturers logo or anything else.
Some systems have boot-time “beep” codes to tell you that the graphics hardware has failed or no disk or keyboard is found.
Big upgrades stress mass storage hardware and if a device is close to failure that may be the end.
The system wasn’t completely “killed” if you could install Fedora. Did you do any investigation before installing Fedora?
Are you able to boot the Live Installer USB and get a display? The Disks utility in the Live Installer has a “Drive Health” report. If the mass storage seems OK, It would be helpful to have the output of inxi -Fzxx.
Thanks @barryascott and @gnwiii; I’m not able to see anything so not able to boot anything. I’ve tried with the live usb but not being able to see, I’m not able to enter the boot menu to force usb. Same for different kernel, there are no menus visible so I can’t navigate them.
Is it a lenovo? I have a yoga Slim 7 Pro 14ACH5 and had a similar problem once.
So I assume that you can’t get into the bios and only see a complete black screen. Is this correct? I had this, screen did nothing but keyboard back-light and fans where on.
To resolve the issue I pressed the power button for 1 minute, after this the screen worked fine.
It works!!! Can’t believe it…never had this before, and I don’t understand what happened, but I have now booted back in and it’s business as usual…I’m so grateful. Thankyou!
Glad you got your system going. Note this fix may not last as we don’t know what triggered the issue. You could have a failing CMOS battery, or even a weak main battery. System-specific recovery incantations and battery configurations are why it is important to include inxi -Fzxx details in a post.
You should check the vendor documentation for this recovery method and likely causes. Most laptops do have a power-button long press recovery incantation, but the details are vendor-specific. If your vendor doesn’t document their recovery procedure, you should ask them to add it to their site. They may also be able to tell you if there is a known cause for the problem and suggest a permanent fix.
