Black screen with blinking cursor
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gdm3 (Ubuntu) |
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
For some reason, since today GDM has ceased to work. No updates came through as last time I installed any updates was a week ago.
Upon boot, gdm goes to a black screen with a cursor. This screen flickers to show the underlying tty and on each flicker the cursor position resets.
I can start my window manager (sway) without issue from the console still and everything functions normally.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gdm3 3.36.3-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckR
CurrentDesktop: sway
Date: Fri Dec 18 13:44:09 2020
SourcePackage: gdm3
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Just to point out I have power-cycled my laptop in case a reboot wasn't cutting it.
Also, I can switch TTY no problem, that's how I'm starting the window manager.