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I haven't used this computer in a few weeks and the only operating system on it is Ubuntu. When I went to boot it up, I got past the dell logo and then this message appears:

/dev/nvme0n1p2: recovering journal

/dev/nvme0n1p2: clean, 453522/1559768 files, 111711786/62383360 blocks

Once the message appears the computer freezes. I hold the power button to restart the machine, and I enter the GRUB menu and can boot into recovery mode.

I am unable to normally boot Ubuntu and I've tried to search for a solution but was unsuccessful. Any help would be very much appreciated.

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fsck

Let's manually check your file system...

  • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB in “Try Ubuntu” mode
  • open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T
  • type sudo fsck /dev/nvme0n1p2
  • repeat the fsck command if there were errors
  • type reboot

nomodeset

Boot with video drivers disabled (temporary)...

  • boot to the GRUB menu
  • hit the e key to enter edit mode
  • find "quiet splash"
  • change it to "quiet splash nomodeset"
  • hit CTRL+x or F10 to continue booting
  • if it fully boots, video resolution may be off (temporary)
  • report back

Nvidia

It looks like an incorrect Nvidia server driver is installed.

Change to nividia-driver-440 or nouveau driver.

Report back.

Update #1:

fsck fixed the journal errors.

Booting with nomodeset allowed the computer to fully boot.

Switching to the nouveau video driver didn't help.

Purging Nvidia video drivers and installing Nvidia 450.66 did not fix the problem.

Going to reinstall Ubuntu.

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