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.