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Computer fails to load after reboot but not after shutdown

I have a dual boot computer running Ubuntu 16.04 (Alongside windows). Recently after some installations (Nvidia drivers for GPU) we are experiencing a weird situation where the computer booting stops ...
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ubuntu 16/18 with nvidia. boot hangs. nomodeset, nouveau.modeset, recovery mode - nothing helps

After successful installation of the Ubuntu 16.04 on a new Asus laptop(with Nvidia GeForce graphic card) I was asked to install software updates. The update went successfully and it asked to reboot ...
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New computer from Dell with pre-installed Ubuntu won't boot. Should I assume it's an error from Dell?

I bought a new computer, a precision tower 7920 with Quadro RTX 4000 GPUs. Because the nvidia driver installation is so complicated, I ordered the machine with Ubuntu (as it was supported by Dell and ...
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Black Screen with Cursor After Nvidia Update in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial

Trying to "fix" an error, I seem to have made things worse. Upon boot, I was getting a failure of some sort. I got details by trying to send a bug report and it said it was something about building ...
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Can't install Ubuntu 16.04! Display manager Xorg failed

I'm trying to install Ubuntu to my laptop Dell inspiron n5110 using USB with MBR scheme , but the installer don't show up and keep getting me that error nouveau ::: Xorg[2133]: falied to idle ...
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Can't install 16.04.5 LTS on Dell Precision 5820

So I'm trying to install Ubuntu 16.04.5 on a Dell Precision 5820 with a GTX 1080 in it. These machines are lease refreshes. The previous machines we had Dell Precision 5810, did not exhibit any of ...
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/dev/sda1: clean, ... blocks, system is not booted properly

I know this question already duplicated. I check the below question and followed the answers. My problem is not solved. Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43142832/how-to-skip-dev-sda1-...
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Ubuntu won't boot after switch to nvidia graphics

I've installed nvidia-390 driver and switched to it using alternative drivers in dash. Now my system boots to the black screen. I was able to boot to tty and gain root privileges. How do i switch ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 upgraded and now I can't boot to desktop, NVIDIA drivers are related

I've got kind of a huge problem in my Ubuntu 16.04. Yesterday I turned the computer on, and was working in my stuff when a message where "some important updates will be installed" appeared. ...
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Ubuntu Installation stuck on "Restart Now"

I'm trying to install Ubuntu (tried both 16.04 & 17.10) on my new laptop that comes with FreeDOS (MSI GS63VR 16GB GTX 1060). Installation itself is ok and then I get to the final step where I ...
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Xorg error ubuntu 16.04

Good day. I am posting this from my phone as the Ubuntu laptop has no networking available. The system worked for about three months. Problems began with kernel 4.4.0-108. I deleted both kernel 108 ...
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Black screen when loading Ubuntu

A few days ago I posted about this problem, which not only I didn't solve, but I made things worse trying to solve it. The new problem was caused by updating the kernel, as I see that someone ...
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boot repair in Ubuntu 16.04, bootscript, and shimx64.efi

I have damaged something after an nvidia driver update. After the reboot, it no longer brings up the display. The display remains black when I reboot (nothing showsup). I can still ssh to the machine ...
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SSD is wrong before boot to system

I installed Ubuntu 16.04 six months ago. Everything worked perfectly. And then I installed Steam and I played a PC game for maybe 3 hours, and powered off my PC at night. The next day, there was a ...
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Boot issue on Ubuntu 16.04

During some experiments I pressed CTRL+ALT+F1 which switch the to ttyl1, I logged in and then since I didn't know how to get back to the GUI I typed startx which I think started another GUI that was ...
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