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I'm using Ubuntu Desktop 23.10. I've tried every suggestion in this thread as well as many others online, but I cannot get back into the Ubuntu GUI/GNOME desktop environment. I'm using Ubuntu 23.10 desktop.

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  • It's best if you're specific; ie. you're using Ubuntu 23.10 instead of a vague term like latest version. Your picture seems to me to show gdm.service actually started correctly (ie. it wasn't Starting but Started); then an issue occurred.
    – guiverc
    Commented Oct 15, 2023 at 1:14
  • is there a way to check if gdm.service is causing the problem? or any other way i could determine the cause
    – boonslang
    Commented Oct 15, 2023 at 2:37
  • I opened another tty and can confirm that gdm service fails to start.
    – Mostafa Ahangarha
    Commented Nov 13, 2023 at 12:47

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I just faced with this issue and after trying different options, I finally could solve the issue by doing the following steps:

  • While being stuck in the page you shared the image, press Ctrl+Alt+F3 to get into another tty.
  • Provide user/pass and login to your account
  • Run sudo apt install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
  • To verify the solution, run startx. If successful, you can restart the system and expect the gdm can work properly.
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    Thank you for the solution!
    – Gunjan Paul
    Commented Dec 22, 2023 at 9:23

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