Black screen after login Kubuntu 17.10

Question

When I boot my linux system (now Kubuntu 17.10), I get the normal login screen. I can login and briefly see my desktop (nothing is clickable), and a few seconds later I get a black screen with just the cursor. This happens every time I restart. I'm almost ready to give up and install RedHat, SuSE or a distro that is not based on Ubuntu with better video support!

I have an integrated Intel video chipset. Output from lspci:

VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)

PC is a 2nd Gen Intel Core i5

Things I have tried (all give the same exact result):

• Upgrading from 17.04 to 17.10
• Adding another user account and logging in
• Removing noveau and fglrx drivers

• Reinstalling intel drivers:

  sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-intel    
  sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel
  

• Booting using the live CD and repairing packages

  sudo dpkg --configure -a    
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get upgrade -y
  

• Booting with only one monitor connected

My system had been working just fine with 17.04 for the last year, not sure it was an update or a corruption.

• [EDIT] I also tried adding 'nomodeset' to /etc/default/grub by changing this line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nomodeset" running update-grub. This resulted in a strange white screen and hanging on reboot, and on 2nd reboot, I got the same result as before (with the addition of a superimposed ubuntu logo for a few seconds and only 1 monitor working)

Answer 1

Do:

sudo apt-get remove xserver-xorg-video-intel
sudo reboot

Then install proprietary drivers