I tried booting in recovery mode, and it also didn't work. However, I could see the some info. The 3 last lines of the boot log were:
{ [ 4.817936] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected [ 4.819372] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Found 128MB of eDRAM [ 4.819882] fb0: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA } And then freeze. These messages are not logged into /var/log/kern.log, as the system doesn't even boot. I had to copy them by hand. Here's what I see when booting with kernel 5.4 at (more or less) the same part of the boot process: { [ 4.140383] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) [ 4.172077] i915 0000:00:02.0: Found 128MB of eDRAM [ 4.172105] checking generic (e0000000 300000) vs hw (e0000000 10000000) [ 4.172106] fb0: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA [ 4.172311] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25 [ 4.172347] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: deactivate vga console [ 4.179379] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless AC 7260, REV=0x144 [ 4.180399] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: autoconfig for ALC887-VD: line_outs=4 (0x14/0x15/0x16/0x17/0x0) type:line [ 4.180400] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [ 4.180401] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: hp_outs=1 (0x1b/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) [ 4.180402] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: mono: mono_out=0x0 [ 4.180402] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: dig-out=0x11/0x0 [ 4.180403] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: inputs: [ 4.180404] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: Front Mic=0x19 [ 4.180405] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: Rear Mic=0x18 [ 4.180405] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC1D0: Line=0x1a [ 4.180736] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013). [ 4.180737] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query. [ 4.180977] i915 0000:00:02.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem [ 4.188068] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20190822 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 [ 4.189872] ACPI: Video Device [GFX0] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no) [ 4.189993] input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input4 [ 4.190545] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:03.0: bound 0000:00:02.0 (ops i915_audio_component_bind_ops [i915]) [ 4.196712] iwlwifi 0000:05:00.0: base HW address: 7c:5c:f8:a4:bb:27 [ 4.204867] input: HDA Intel PCH Front Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input5 [ 4.204901] input: HDA Intel PCH Rear Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input6 [ 4.204933] input: HDA Intel PCH Line as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input7 [ 4.204962] input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out Front as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input8 [ 4.204996] input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out Surround as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input9 [ 4.205028] input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out CLFE as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input10 [ 4.205059] input: HDA Intel PCH Line Out Side as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input11 [ 4.205088] input: HDA Intel PCH Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card1/input12 [ 4.230276] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device [ 4.232087] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input13 [ 4.232120] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input14 [ 4.232149] input: HDA Intel HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.0/sound/card0/input15 [ 4.261519] usb 2-14: New USB device found, idVendor=04b4, idProduct=4009, bcdDevice= 1.00 [ 4.261520] usb 2-14: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0 [ 4.271503] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x67 [ 4.291128] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device }