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Ubuntu fails to start the GUI after update

I use Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS on Lenovo Legion. I recently upgraded a lot of packages (precisely, I used sudo apt update followed by sudo apt upgrade. Since then, I have been unable to use GUI. The startup ...
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White Screen after boot to 6.2.0-33 generic kernel

After updating to 6.2.0-33 kernel from 5.19, my computer boots to a login screen, but when I login the screen is completely white. The cursor is still visible. I have nvidia-driver-470 installed but I'...
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GUI doesn't show up after a failed upgrade

I got a prompt to update my Ubuntu version from 20.04 to 22.04. I chose to upgrade, but the upgrade failed for some unknown reasons (most probably it couldn't update my NVidia drivers). I was seeing ...
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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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Nvidia update broke my Ubuntu 20.04

After update nvidia drivers to nvidia driver 470 ubuntu is not booting. This is definitely due to these drivers because when I switch to intel graphics everything works fine (my laptop has two ...
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How can I recover my Ubuntu 20.04 system after ubuntu-drivers-comon dist-upgrade?

My first question here. So, the problem is that I cannot boot ubuntu. Whenever I do, it shows the message: /dev/sdb4: clean, 228606/3219456 files, 3863110/12877056 blocks and a blinking _ in the ...
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How to recover after unsuccessful upgrade to 18.04 from 17.10?

I just tried to upgrade to 18.04 from 17.10 and experienced a catostrophic failure. First, to try to upgrade I just enabled upgrade from the "Software Updater". Upon a reboot after upgrading I get ...
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Ubuntu unusable after trying to update to 16.04 [duplicate]

I tried to update my Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 and in the middle of the process the computer suffered a power down. After turning it on again it was unstable, for example the screen wasn't the right ...
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Stuck upgrading from 15.10 to 16.04 [duplicate]

I tried to upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 but my system doesn't boot properly. It got stuck in the rebooting phase and all i get when i boot is this and nothing else. I tried everything stated here dev/...
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Boot keeps dropping to a (initramfs) prompts/busybox after every upgrade

I am on ubuntu mate 17.04. When i do sudo apt-get upgrade and then restart my computer, i get dropped to the busybox prompt. Then i do theses two steps dumpe2fs /dev/sda5 | grep superblock fsck -...
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Stuck at fsck "/dev/sda1: clean xxx/xxx files [...] " after upgrade to Ubuntu 16 from 14

I've updated my Ubuntu distro, and since then everytime I boot the system I am stuck at the fsck screen /dev/sda1: clean xxx/xxx files, xxx/xxx blocks I`ve already trying accessing tty and ...
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Nvidia logo appears for a split second then back to console login

I just upgraded to 16.04 from 14.04 and I installed the nvidia proprietary drivers. After rebooting, I see the nvidia logo for a split second. Then the screen goes black and I end up at the console ...
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boot to black screen after upgrade

I upgarted from 14.04 to 16.04. after boot the terminal tty1 opens, and a message is repeated: brcmsmac bcma0:1: brcmsmac: brcms_ops_bss_info_changed: disassociated brcmsmac bcma0:1: ...
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Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 broken after upgrade

When my desktop rebooted after upgrading Ubuntu Gnome 15.10 to 16.04, startup gets stuck in a state where it constantly switches between a terminal and graphics mode, as if it tries to start graphics ...
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boot - Ubuntu hangs at purple screen after upgrade to 13.04

I was using Ubuntu 12.10 and upgraded to 13.04 Now Ubuntu just hangs at purple screen. I have tried installed KDM and switched to KDM. I get the login prompt at KDM but login fails and shows up ...
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