Resolve Ubuntu 22.04.3 Black Screen Issue
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I removed SSD 3 of 4 which is an empty disk and connected a LinuxMint SSD to test if the LinuxMint SSD was fried or not. The LinuxMint SSD ran perfectly.
I then shutdown, disconnected the LinuxMint SSD and reconnected SSD 3 of 4.
SSD1 of 4 has Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS on sda2, however now it won’t boot into a graphical interface?
I tried recovery mode.
I tried command sudo startx, but error:
xinit: connection to X server lost
waiting for X server to shut down (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
I tried command ffplay videoName.mp4.
The /var/log/Xorg.0.log file shows errors, but not sure how to upload photos of 400 lines?
Also the KVM should have auto started, however this appears to not be the case. I ran command # virt-manager but message: (virtual-manager: 1236): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:06:10.577: cannot open display
I’m trying to boot KVM so the virtual router can connect the network and Internet.
# ifconfig
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> nut 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 2240 bytes 165760 (165.7 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 2240 bytes 165760 (165.7 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
Here's a system report: https://termbin.com/chtv
Live USB:
root@ubuntu:/# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk
|—sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
|—sda2 8:2 0 223.1G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 111.8G 0 disk
|—sdb1 8:17 0 111.8G 0 part
sdc 8:32 0 111.8G 0 disk
|—sdc1 8:33 0 111.8G 0 part
sdd 8:48 0 0 111.8G 0 disk
|—sdd1 8:49 0 111.8G 0 part
I tried to find the root with this command, but it seems to only pickup the live usb:
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu/Desktop# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 1625844 10176 1615668 1% /run
/dev/sde1 4914194 4914194 0 100% /cdrom
/cow 8129216 284780 7844436 4% /
/dev/disk/by-label/writable 9958660 63012 9368188 1% /var/log
tmpfs 8129216 0 8129216 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 8 5112 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 8129216 572 8128644 1% /tmp
tmpfs 1625840 152 1625688 1% /run/user/999
I’m not sure /dev/sda2 is root but I just went with it…the files shown are the same as your example.
Removing nvidia command said no nvidia to remove.
Nvidia install said latest package is already installed.
I had to exit chroot to reboot.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 3G 1 loop /rofs
loop1 7:1 0 4K 1 loop /snap/bare/5
loop2 7:2 0 63.4M 1 loop /snap/core20/1974
loop3 7:3 0 73.9M 1 loop /snap/core22/858
loop4 7:4 0 237.2M 1 loop /snap/firefox/2987
loop5 7:5 0 349.7M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/143
loop6 7:6 0 485.5M 1 loop /snap/gnome-42-2204/120
loop7 7:7 0 91.7M 1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop8 7:8 0 53.3M 1 loop /snap/snapd/19457
loop9 7:9 0 452K 1 loop /snap/snapd-desktop-integration/83
loop10 7:10 0 12.3M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/959
sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part
└─sda2 8:2 0 223.1G 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 111.8G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 111.8G 0 part
sdc 8:32 0 111.8G 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 111.8G 0 part
sdd 8:48 0 111.8G 0 disk
└─sdd1 8:49 0 111.8G 0 part
sde 8:64 1 14.4G 0 disk
├─sde1 8:65 1 4.7G 0 part /cdrom
├─sde2 8:66 1 4.9M 0 part
├─sde3 8:67 1 300K 0 part
└─sde4 8:68 1 9.7G 0 part /var/crash
/var/log
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo su -
root@ubuntu:~# mount --make-private --rbind /dev/ /mnt/dev
mount: /mnt/dev: mount point does not exist.
root@ubuntu:~# mount --make-private --rbind /proc/ /mnt/proc
mount: /mnt/proc: mount point does not exist.
root@ubuntu:~# mount --make-private --rbind /sys/ /mnt/sys
mount: /mnt/sys: mount point does not exist.
root@ubuntu:~# mount --make-private --rbind /run/ /mnt/run
mount: /mnt/run: mount point does not exist.
root@ubuntu:~# ls /mnt/
root@ubuntu:~# ls /
bin boot cdrom dev etc home lib lib32 lib64 libx32 media mnt opt proc rofs root run sbin snap srv sys tmp usr var
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I then shutdown, disconnected the LinuxMint SSD and reconnected SSD 3 of 4.
SSD1 of 4 has Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS on sda2, however now it won’t boot into a graphical interface?
I tried recovery mode.
I tried command sudo startx, but error:
xinit: connection to X server lost
waiting for X server to shut down (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
I tried command ffplay videoName.mp4.
The /var/log/Xorg.0.log file shows errors, but not sure how to upload photos of 400 lines?
Also the KVM should have auto started, however this appears to not be the case. I ran command # virt-manager but message: (virtual-manager: 1236): Gtk-WARNING **: 11:06:10.577: cannot open display
I’m trying to boot KVM so the virtual router can connect the network and Internet.
# ifconfig
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> nut 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 2240 bytes 165760 (165.7 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 2240 bytes 165760 (165.7 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
Here's a system report: https://termbin.com/chtv
Live USB:
root@ubuntu:/# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk
|—sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
|—sda2 8:2 0 223.1G 0 part /
sdb 8:16 0 111.8G 0 disk
|—sdb1 8:17 0 111.8G 0 part
sdc 8:32 0 111.8G 0 disk
|—sdc1 8:33 0 111.8G 0 part
sdd 8:48 0 0 111.8G 0 disk
|—sdd1 8:49 0 111.8G 0 part
I tried to find the root with this command, but it seems to only pickup the live usb:
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu/Desktop# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 1625844 10176 1615668 1% /run
/dev/sde1 4914194 4914194 0 100% /cdrom
/cow 8129216 284780 7844436 4% /
/dev/disk/by-label/writable 9958660 63012 9368188 1% /var/log
tmpfs 8129216 0 8129216 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5120 8 5112 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 8129216 572 8128644 1% /tmp
tmpfs 1625840 152 1625688 1% /run/user/999
I’m not sure /dev/sda2 is root but I just went with it…the files shown are the same as your example.
Removing nvidia command said no nvidia to remove.
Nvidia install said latest package is already installed.
I had to exit chroot to reboot.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 3G 1 loop /rofs
loop1 7:1 0 4K 1 loop /snap/bare/5
loop2 7:2 0 63.4M 1 loop /snap/core20/1974
loop3 7:3 0 73.9M 1 loop /snap/core22/858
loop4 7:4 0 237.2M 1 loop /snap/firefox/2987
loop5 7:5 0 349.7M 1 loop /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/143
loop6 7:6 0 485.5M 1 loop /snap/gnome-42-2204/120
loop7 7:7 0 91.7M 1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1535
loop8 7:8 0 53.3M 1 loop /snap/snapd/19457
loop9 7:9 0 452K 1 loop /snap/snapd-desktop-integration/83
loop10 7:10 0 12.3M 1 loop /snap/snap-store/959
sda 8:0 0 223.6G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part
└─sda2 8:2 0 223.1G 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 111.8G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 111.8G 0 part
sdc 8:32 0 111.8G 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 111.8G 0 part
sdd 8:48 0 111.8G 0 disk
└─sdd1 8:49 0 111.8G 0 part
sde 8:64 1 14.4G 0 disk
├─sde1 8:65 1 4.7G 0 part /cdrom
├─sde2 8:66 1 4.9M 0 part
├─sde3 8:67 1 300K 0 part
└─sde4 8:68 1 9.7G 0 part /var/crash
/var/log
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo su -
root@ubuntu:~# mount --make-private --rbind /dev/ /mnt/dev
mount: /mnt/dev: mount point does not exist.
root@ubuntu:~# mount --make-private --rbind /proc/ /mnt/proc
mount: /mnt/proc: mount point does not exist.
root@ubuntu:~# mount --make-private --rbind /sys/ /mnt/sys
mount: /mnt/sys: mount point does not exist.
root@ubuntu:~# mount --make-private --rbind /run/ /mnt/run
mount: /mnt/run: mount point does not exist.
root@ubuntu:~# ls /mnt/
root@ubuntu:~# ls /
bin boot cdrom dev etc home lib lib32 lib64 libx32 media mnt opt proc rofs root run sbin snap srv sys tmp usr var
DO NOT OFFER A QUOTE GREATER THAN THE PROJECT'S BUDGET...proof if you've really read this project.