Hello,
I’m asking for help with my ubuntu 24.04.02 . I can’t access the login GUI and with ctrl+alt+F2 I can access the terminal command, try to reinstall ubuntu-desktop but on rebooting I’m still stucked with a black screen with juste one line:
/dev/nvme1n1p3: clean, xxx/xxxxx files, xxxx/xxxxxblocks
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Does anyone know what happening here because I have no clue 
Thanks for your help
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I have cleaned up your post a bit so we can get a cleaner view.
The best thing to do is give us as much information as you can:
- computer make and model
- graphic card
- RAM
- storage
When did this problem start, after an upgrade or installing software?
Have you tried booting into Recovery Mode from the GRUB menu?
Thanks.
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The message with the ‘clean’ generally shows after a filesystem check. In addition to providing the information requested in post 2, what happened immediately prior to this event? Power outage, failure in installing/modifying software or something related.
Hi rubi1200,
Thansk for the reply.
For the info, I have a Dell Precision 5860, NVIDIA graphic card, 96Go RAM, 1Go SDD (system)+ 2Go SSD (additional).
The problem start after a normal shutdown, I always load the command apt update and apt dist-upgrade almost every day so I guess the problem come from an update…
I tried booting into recovery mode but it’s not working either. I’ve tried some advice that I found online (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1514757/issue-with-ubuntu-24-04-black-screen-with-cursor-on-login) but none of them is working for me.
Best,
Hi yancek,
Thanks for the reply, like I replied in post 2, I think that it has to be related to some update but I don’t know which one since I run the command update and dist-upgrade mechanically everytime I’m starting the computer.
Best
What do you see when you try to use recovery mode?
If recovery is completely inaccessible, please ensure that you have backups of your personal data.
Adding to what @tea-for-one mentioned, you should use a live USB to boot the computer and choose to Try Ubuntu.
Then see, first of all, if you can access and save your important files to another USB.
Hi @rubi1200 @tea-for-one ,
Thanks for your reply and sorry for the delay I was out of office lately.
I was able to boot the computer this morning using a trick that a friend of mine suggested.
The solution was to boot in recovery mode → repair broken package → update grub → drop to root shell → apt install lightdm → apt purge nvidia* → add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa → apt update && apt upgrade
It seems the issue come with gdm3 and nvidia somehow, I will stick with ligthdm hoping that this issue won’t comeback 
Best
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