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I am trying to boot Ubuntu on my computer. When I boot Ubuntu, it boots to a black screen. How can I fix this?

Table of Contents:

  1. If you are trying to install Ubuntu
  2. If you have a dual boot system
  3. If an update or something else caused your problem
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  • For me, it actually needed a fsck. Eventually after hard-rebooting enough times, it asked me to do a fsck. You could try this with a livecd: askubuntu.com/a/885085/458247 Jan 18, 2019 at 1:32
  • It worked only with safe graphics option.
    – lsborg
    Sep 17, 2022 at 22:27

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I have just had the same problem on Ubuntu 14.04.2. And this solved it:

 apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
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If you installed from a USB drive, check whether it boots with the flash drive plugged in and if so, this may help.

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in case if someone in the future is having the same issue:

Re-install the GUI / Desktop:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt autoremove

sudo apt remove ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop

or

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-gnome-desktop

Ubuntu boots to black screen with cursor after upgrade (from 18.04 to 20.04)

To enter a terminal in a black screen problem; I would suggest trying

ALT + F3,F4 or F5

To enter a Terminal.

Hope this helps soemone in the future!

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