After I booted, I pressed Ctrl+Alt+F1, Ctrl+Alt+F6 and Ctrl+Alt+F7 repeatedly one after the other. I followed the instructions to edit the commands before booting, namely replacing quiet splash with nomodeset and then pressing F10 or Ctrl+X to boot (instructions are provided here). This may not be a completely generic answer, but I will explain the steps which I followed in case it helps someone else. I'm posting an answer to my question as I managed to solve the problem (thanks to the AskUbuntu community).
Or do I need to reinstall Ubuntu if none of these options work? If so, any links to material that explains how to do that (I have never had to uninstall it before).
Similarly, replace quiet splash with nomodeset, and boot with F10: same result.Īny ideas of what else I can try to show up a terminal?.Press F10 to boot : after F10 I got a flash (for like a second) of an ultra-low resolution command terminal (with very fast successive commands) then it became black. Highlight the Ubuntu option and press E.Īdd nouveau.modeset=0 to the end of the line beginning with linux.I have tried several things which I gathered from different posts (e.g. My problem is that I cannot get past the first step to try any of these solutions out, which is being able to access a terminal. Besides, there have already been a lot of useful answers/suggestions provided, so I don't want to add yet another question on the subject itself (I will take the time to read and try out the different suggestions once I solve my present problem).
I have seen many posts out there about people having problems with Nvidia drivers, so it seems I'm far from alone. Which I found here, I have had a black screen when trying to boot to Ubuntu ever since (straight after the GRUB menu). After trying to update the Nvidia driver using the following command: I have recently built a new PC on which I installed Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS alongside windows (dual-boot).