[14:37] <inexact> I attempted installing xubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso on a Lenovo ideapad 1, installation succeeds, but I can't boot the installed system
[14:37] <inexact> it goes into a boot loop, shows a black screen, apparently prints "Reset System" and then reboots
[14:38] <inexact> the live system (booted from USB stick) works
[14:39] <inexact> what are my options?
[14:40] <inexact> I've found similar problems online but none with solution
[14:57] <KBar> inexact: was it an "erase and install" or "install alongside Windows"?
[14:59] <inexact> KBar, erase and install
[15:00] <inexact> from the live boot I can see that the installed filesystem exists on the SSD
[15:01] <inexact> I think it's a grub problem since grub never shows up when booting from SSD
[15:01] <inexact> (that is, when trying to boot from SSD)
[15:01] <Maik> grub doesn't show by default
[15:01] <KBar> inexact: try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
[15:01] <KBar> install it from within Live session and let it run/repair GRUB
[15:02] <KBar> and see what happens
[15:02] <inexact> I don't generally have network access from the live boot
[15:02] <inexact> let's see
[15:03] <KBar> inexact: you can also try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Info 
[15:03] <KBar> first before proceeding 
[15:03] <KBar> it will generate text files either locally or online
[15:09] <KBar> inexact: is the SSD in good conditions? Can you see and select it from BIOS/UEFI? Try running SMART tests on it from within the Live session.
[15:09] <inexact> found a nice way to get network access and installed bootinfoscript, this is RESULTS.txt: https://0x0.st/oHa9.txt
[15:09] <inexact> KBar, the laptop is new
[15:09] <KBar> KBar: that doesn't say much. The SSD could still be faulty.
[15:10] <Maik> secureboot disabled inexact?
[15:10] <inexact> Maik, yes
[15:11] <inexact> wait a moment
[15:11] <inexact> this is a report about the live system...
[15:11] <inexact> the SSD is a nvme, and /dev/sda is then USB stick
[15:12] <inexact> so the grub info in there is about the USB stick
[15:13] <inexact> ok that was confusing, it's a different bootinfo package...
[15:16] <inexact> KBar, https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/sKCPkXcPMs/
[15:17] <inexact> I can't see this report (asks for login), but I think the status messages in the GUI said at some point that secureboot was enabled
[15:22] <KBar> inexact: disable it and let boot-repair reinstall grub-efi
[15:23] <inexact> is it actually enabled according to the report?
[15:23] <KBar> inexact: yes.
[15:24] <inexact> rebooted and got into the bios, it was enabled
[15:25] <inexact> that's really annoying because I remember disabling it...
[15:26] <inexact> KBar, nothing changed, it still gets into a reboot loop
[15:26] <inexact> entering BIOS again shows secure boot is disabled
[15:27] <KBar> inexact: did you run boot-repair?
[15:27] <inexact> yes
[15:29] <inexact> I can run it again and make it upload a new report
[15:32] <KBar> inexact: click on Recommended repair
[15:33] <inexact> it sure is spending a lot of time in the create summary step
[15:37] <inexact> https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/p/kmrrdkJNKD/
[15:37] <inexact> and it works
[15:37] <inexact> so secure boot was the entire problem??
[15:38] <inexact> this really pisses me off because it was the first thing I thought about and disabled
[15:38] <inexact> oh well at least it's working now
[15:38] <inexact> thanks for the help
[15:39] <KBar> inexact: yeah, it has a tendency to reenable itself, especially on lenovo devices
[18:57] <centHOGG> Hiya. Has anyone else had any difficulties with that latest nvidia driver update and xfwm4? I've started having some slowdowns & freezups come about as of late. Jez curious, tia.
[23:47] <cloudcell> hello, I have 4 monitors and I keep losing settings after each restart. How can I fix this?
[23:53] <doc> cloudcell: how are you setting your settings?
[23:54] <cloudcell> i set my settings using nvidia control panel
[23:55] <doc> did you write them out to an xorg config? I had that at one stage, it wouldn't remember them until I did. After that it picked them up on reboots.
[23:55] <cloudcell> I actually did write them, but that did not help
[23:56] <doc> that's me out of ideas
[23:56] <cloudcell> no worries
[23:56] <doc> maybe double check that they're getting picked up, the path is right, etc?
[23:57] <cloudcell> yeah, maybe they are being written to a wrong path.... let me check... i will also need to restart