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  1. Bug #2030262
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 2030262

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w-sky (w-sky) wrote :

Maybe this is related: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. From Aug 4, 2023 on the Software Updater tool offered to make a partial upgrade to install some software updates which also included the removal of 3 packets:
- gthumb
- ubuntu-unity-desktop
- steam-installer
The latter two are just metapackages to I thought they would not possible remove Unity and Steam itself, and I started the upgrade. Steam and gthumb were removed (but games and settings still intact). The Unity desktop was not removed.

Among the updates was a minor update the Nvidia-535 driver (new version 535.86.05). During the installation of this update, the screen became black with a blinking cursor on the top left while the laptop fans started speeding as a sign for high or full CPU/GPU load. After a while, I tried pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 to F7 but this made the screen completely black and unresponsive. After another while, I rebooted with SysReq-SUB.
Afterwards the system would not boot to the GUI and I needed to complete the Nvidia installation:
sudo dpkg --configure -a

My system seems to be okay now, except for the uninstalled packages.