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Black Screen on Login After Installing Ubuntu 24.04 - nvidia
I recently installed Ubuntu 24.04 on my system and performed all the available updates. However, I’m encountering a frustrating issue every time I reboot. When I reach the login screen, my primary ...
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Ubuntu Freezes at Login Screen When External Display Connected
This is driving me crazy. Every single time I boot Ubuntu (24.04 LTS release) with three monitors connected, my computer freezes at the login screen. I can't move my mouse, ctrl+alt+F1 thru 6 do ...
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Ubuntu 23.10 Desktop - Login Screen uses 100% DPI instead of 200%
I'm using Ubuntu 23.10 x64 Desktop and the experience so far has been great, but I have an issue with the login screen: it renders at 100% DPI instead of the 200% DPI that I have setup in the system ...
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Login loop on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. Xwayland and gnome-shell blocked
My Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS got stuck in login loop. I did nothing special to cause it (maybe some general Ubuntu updates). I tried suggestions from https://support.system76.com/articles/login-loop-ubuntu/ ...
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Login Loop Ubuntu 22.0.4.3 LTS
Ask Ubuntu community,
I would like to share my recent experience of facing a frustrating issue with Ubuntu on my computer. After a system update, I was confronted with a login loop challenge that ...
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Upgrade to Xubuntu 23.04, can't login, popup loop, tty login info doesn't work
Trying to login after upgrading to 23.04 via the GUI prompt. It warns of the dangers of not disabling your lock screen, but I was sure I didn't have a lock screen enabled.
The login prompt pops up, ...
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Black screen AFTER login on Ubuntu 23.04 with Nvidia graphics and command characters dropping from command when entered
I may have more than one issue, so let me know if I need to create a separate question for one of these issues.
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Update: June 25, 2023 I ended up re-installing Ubuntu 22.04. It took several attempts ...
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no graphical login screen after boot into Ubuntu 22.04 following driver update
I have updated my nvidia driver to nvidia-driver-525-open using the GUI (which was marked as tested).
After a reboot I no longer get a graphical login screen, just a blinking cursor. Using Ctrl+Alt+F4 ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 blackscreen instead of log in
I am a newbie.
Installed Ubuntu 22.04.
after installation I got black screen instead of login screen
Read some and found out about NVIDIA drivers.
I have GEFORCE 920m.
I loaded Ubuntu, went to ...
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EIther looping in login or screen becomes yellow and red while using xorg
I am new to Ubuntu and trying to work things out. So I would like to try out login option with xorg to be able to share screen. But it either sends me back to login page after a black screen, or shows ...
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Black screen at normal boot; login loop at terminal boot - after upgrading 20.04 to 22.04:
After upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS, my workstation (which has a Nvidia RTX 3080 12gb installed) ceased being able to boot. Regular boot attempts results in the well known black screen with ...
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Slow login on Ubuntu 22.04 with Nvidia GPU
I am getting slow logins (5+ seconds) on my Ubuntu 22.04. All related threads on this site point to Nvidia drivers as the main suspect. I looked into /var/log/gpu-manager-switch.log and got this:
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Ubuntu 22.04 login screen not showing problem on Virtualbox
I'm using windows 10 and I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on virtualbox.
After loading, the Ubuntu screen displays a partial login page only including an Ubuntu logo below, but none of the other elements. The ...
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Slow login (first attempt) on Ubuntu 22.04
I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 (before I had 20.04) on my Dell laptop and I am having issues with really slow login cca 10s.
Issue is appearing only on first attempt to login, whether it is successful ...
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How to enable Xorg option at Ubuntu 22.04 login screen
I've made the silly choice to install the latest nvidia driver from the Nvidia's site (run file) but I was unable to login after that, after some work I figure out how to revert to the previos nvidia ...
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can't login after suspend with Nouveau + wayland_22.04
I am having suspend issues for 22.04, hence, is testing different combinations of x11/wayland with different drivers. And I found out that I am unable to login after suspend when using the Nouveau + ...
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No input detected on primary screen at login
After my DP cable moved slightly and the connection was lost, every time I boot into Ubuntu 20.04 the screen connected to the DP port goes to sleep, but I can still see the login screen on the ...
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Infinite login loop (having tried dozens of solutions)
Running Ubuntu 20.04; 2x Geforce GTX 1080 Ti installed.
This is the second time I ever encounter the infinite login loop problem; can't remember how I solved it last time, as it was years ago.
I ...
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What can I do to make sure the login screen shows on both my monitor and TV?
So here is the thing. I have 2 screens connected to my computer. Display mode is "mirror". However when I turn my computer on, the login box is only available on my monitor, not my TV.
So ...
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login loop after ubuntu 20.04 update
the Ubuntu 20.04 automatic updater (software updater) asked me to allow to install updates.
I agreed to update, but at 70% an error appeared.
I didn't pay attention to it, but after I put the PC to ...
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Dual monitors on login are working in a mirrored mode instead of be handled as extension
I have a laptop and recently connected second monitor (VGA). The problem is when I first boot both monitors show same login screen (like in the mirroring mode).
After login in, both monitors are ...
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Lightdm gives black screen after logging out
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 with lightdm.
Everything is fine except that if I log out, the screen turns black. And I have to press Ctrl + Alt + F2 to get the console and issue sudo lightdm to get the ...
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Avoid this screen from appearing
I have Ubuntu 18 installed on my workstation and for some reason the below screen started appearing everytime before logging in and shutting down/restarting which is annoying to me. Any advice on how ...
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6 times high pitch double beeps after login to Ubuntu 21.04 on Dell XPS 9750
After I login to Ubuntu 21.04 it plays six times a double high pitch beep sound from the speaker. So it's not on boot, it's after I logged in. There is no error message popping up. First I assumed ...
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Blank grey screen at login until you enter the command line and return?
This seems a strange promlem. I've got used to it and found away around it but it certainly shouldn't be happening. Every time I get to the login screen, the screen is just grey with the mouse cursor ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 Login Loop Nvidia GTX1080ti
I am using ubunbtu 16.04 with an nvidia 1080 GTX ti GPU and I have become stuck in a "login-loop". I have tried the classic:
chown user:user .Xauthority
chmod 666 .Xauthority
chmod a+wt /...
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Flashing curser can't login today
Here I am on my phone.
I have Ubuntu studio 20.04 closed down last night and today I get:
Loading initial ramdisk,
Then just flashing curser.
I can get to ctrl Alt F1 and login.
Startx gives :
Fatal ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 black and purple screen without login fields
I have installed Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 on an HP Z820 workstation with 2 NVIDIA cards, 1 1030 and a 1060.
I have 2 screens Attached, one to each GPU.
When Login in the screen on the 1030 show the purple ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Nvidia 440 login freeze
So, I'm getting some weird behavior on Ubuntu 20.04 with a GTX 1080 (If hardware matters). When using the 440 drivers installed with the "Additional Drivers" built in GUI utility, upon ...
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20.04 login loop after update - startx not working
I'm experiencing a login loop after updating (automatic updater) this morning and the suggested solutions I found don't help. Meaning:
Auto login is disabled in /etc/gdm3/custom.conf
Permissions of ....
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Issues with Lightdm and gdm3 on ubuntu 20.04
I have been using ubuntu 20.04 since release, I started with gdm3 and then I got the infamous login loop error which I couldn't solve without switching to Lightdm. The issue is when I switch to ...
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Unable to Login after a new install
Just installed a new install along with Windows 10.
Setup root (/), swap and /home partitions; and then setup display name, computer name, username and password.
Can't login after restarting ...
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Clean Ubuntu Install with Nvidia stuck on login screen, login loop [duplicate]
I'm a new Ubuntu user trying a first install. I've just built a PC and everything went smooth right up until the Ubuntu login screen. I am prompted to type in my password, I do, and nothing happens. ...
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Cannot log in automatically, that is, without asking for the password. Ubuntu 20.04
Automatic login does not work, not even for a single user by selecting the check on the installation screen in a newly formatted partition.
Nor have I achieved this by having three users and selecting ...
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Ubuntu freeze at login page, no mouse and no keyboard response, blinking at tty login as well
I have a Ubuntu 18.04 installed and everything was working properly. I have an Nvidia Quadro GPU and I was in the process of installing my nvidia driver and then cuda toolkit. The already installed ...
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Login screen is not appearing [closed]
I updated ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04 a day ago and now when i am trying to open ubuntu it's showing
/dev/nvme0n1p6: recovering journal
/dev/nvme0n1p6: clean, 209996/11567104 files, 7818664/46240512 ...
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Screen stuck on zoom after fixing login loop
My power went out last night and I got in a login loop and that's when the screen zoom started. After a lot of searching and trying a lot of things, I found this
and tried making a new user with sudo ...
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NVIDIA driver causes login loop, but removing it prevents resuming from sleep
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 with an AMD processor and a GTX 1050 graphics card. I hit a login loop problem a while ago, and the only thing that resolved it was purging my NVIDIA drivers. Problem is, now ...
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Ubuntu doesn't start after login screen, can't access shell
After trying to install a new driver for my graphics card GeForce MX250 from the official Nvidia website (which was working until I turned my computer off), I can't get my computer to start anymore.
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The classic problem with nvidia drivers - GeForce 820M - Login loop
Before making this question, I've searched and found no solution.
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and my graphics card is GF820M (GF117M).
Currently I'm using the intel one, but everytime I try to ...
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Black screen after loging in from GDM to Gnome-shell
After installing Nvidia drivers either from repository or from Nvidia website, my computer boots normally to GDM login screen. However, when I log in with my user I get for a short period of time a ...
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Cannot access the setting
I cannot access the setting in Ubuntu. Whenever I want to go to the setting by any method, Ubuntu would automatically collapse and go to the login page. After I log into the system later, the screen ...
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Running a root command during user login to enable NVIDIA eGPU on Macbook Pro
I am trying to get my Macbook Pro 13,3 (touchbar late 2016) to work with my Nvidia eGPU under Ubuntu 19.10.
I installed the Nvidia drivers, and used https://github.com/hertg/egpu-switcher to create ...
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Unable to install recommended nvidia-driver-390 in19.10
I'm having problems logging in to 19.10, and following some suggestions (e.g. ubuntu-18-04-stuck-in-login-loop-with-missing-xauthority-file), ubuntu-drivers devices shows nvidia-driver-390 as ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 logs off immidiately after log in
I have Ubuntu 18.04. I tried to install boost library. During installation my laptop (Dell Latitude 5580) was frozen and I shut it down with power button. Then I switched on it again. I try to log in, ...
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18.04 nvidia graphics issues with gnome login
I am having issues with nvidia drivers in 18.04. I am running Linux 5.0.0-37 on an i7 with GTX 1060 with stock Gnome desktop.
I am currently using the nouveau driver and am able to login and things ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 login stuck on purple screen at login
This is not a proper question but might be of help to someone with the same problem.
Every time Ubuntu updates system files under 19.10 I get a purple screen at login without the login prompt.
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Ubuntu 19.10 , What causes a login loop error?
Let me put you in context, you see this is the third time I install ubuntu on my laptop (Asus Laptop, running NVDIA GTX 1050), althought this installation was different because I once for all removed ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 not logging in
In Ubuntu 19.10 after changing the settings for Nvidia mx130, won't even log in. After typing the password it just freezes in a purple screen and mouse doesn't work. That happens to both xorg and ...
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Ubuntu 19.10 Login Loop After Installing Proprietary Nvidia Drivers
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After installing Nvidia proprietary driver (nvidia-driver-435), got caught in a login loop (see below for system specifics). After typing in my password and pressing enter my desktop ...
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