I set GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480, ran sudo update-grub, and restarted but this didn't change the bad boots on every other cycle. The grub menu continued to work as it does on every boot, this time at the lower 640x480 resolution.
It looks like nouveau isn't working:
Code:
dmesg | grep nouveau
[ 0.628163] nouveau E[ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] unknown chipset, 0x124020a1
[ 0.628165] nouveau E[ DRM] failed to create 0x80000080, -22
[ 0.628821] nouveau: probe of 0000:01:00.0 failed with error -22
Ubuntu 15.04 is coming out next month and looks to include kernel 3.19 with some basic Maxwell GPU support. I'll do a fresh install of it and report back on whether it solves this issue or not.
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