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{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=wrench, name=Troubleshooting > GNOME GUI not starting} GNOME desktop GUI does not start, only black screen is showed --- In some cases it might help to reconfigure the GNOME login manager. Login with your username/password at the prompt, and run the following command: {icon terminal}`sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3` Restart to see if it helped.

{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=wrench, name=Troubleshooting > GNOME GUI not starting} GNOME desktop GUI does not start, only black screen is showed --- == Problem == System successfully booted, but GNOME display manager (gdm) did not start, login prompt is displayed: {F53541, size=full, alt=tty1} == Solution == In some cases it might help to reconfigure the GNOME login manager. Login with your username/password at the prompt: {F53543, size=full, alt=tty2} and run the following command: {icon terminal}`sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3` Restart to see if it helped. == See also == If the problem happened after a system upgrade, you can try [[Troubleshooting/Broken upgrade]].

{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=wrench, name=Troubleshooting > GNOME GUI not starting} GNOME desktop GUI does not start, only black screen is showed --- == Problem == System successfully booted, but GNOME display manager (gdm) did not start, login prompt is displayed: {F53541, size=full, alt=tty1} == Solution == In some cases it might help to reconfigure the GNOME login manager. Login with your username/password at the prompt: {F53543, size=full, Login with your username/password at the prompt,alt=tty2} and run the following command: {icon terminal}`sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3` Restart to see if it helped. == See also == If the problem happened after a system upgrade, you can try [[Troubleshooting/Broken upgrade]].