GNOME login screen does not start
GNOME login screen does not start
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GNOME display manager (login screen) does not start, only black screen is showed
Problem
System successfully booted, but GNOME Display Manager (gdm—login screen) did not start, login prompt is displayed:
Solution
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:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm3
Restart to see if it helped.
See also
If the problem happened after a system upgrade, you can try Fixing broken system upgrade.
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- Last Author
- mladen
- Last Edited
- Apr 2 2018, 10:44