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I just recently installed Ubuntu 18.10. After successful installation, I rebooted my system but Ubuntu didn't boot, it gets stuck at showing started GNOME display manager.

My keyboard is also not working. What is the problem? How can I get a complete Ubuntu desktop ready without any errors?

Zanna
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Shyam Mahanta
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You may have a problem with an older computer, with an older GPU. Try this...

  • boot to recovery mode
  • choose root access

type:

sudo mount -o remount,rw /      # to remount the disk r/w

sudo pico /etc/gdm3/custom.conf # edit this file

change:

#WaylandEnable=false

to:

WaylandEnable=false

Then reboot.

heynnema
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I had the same problem with a new install of 19.04 on a Windows Hyper-V VM.

I was able to press Alt-F2 to get to the secondary TTY terminal and login and edit this file. Rebooted, and now have access to the GUI-desktop.

Zanna
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R Mimick
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In my case (Ubuntu 23.10), I had accidentally auto-removed packages related to the Ubuntu Desktop, XDG, etc. I found those following this answer:

grep " remove " /var/log/apt/history.log
  1. Press Alt-F2 to get access to a terminal (or reboot and get into the Ubuntu recovery mode).
  2. Check for any packages you recently removed.
  3. Install such packages again: sudo apt install ubuntu-session, etc.
MakisH
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