Stuck on reboot after Ubuntu 23.04 install

Question

After upgrading from Ubuntu 22.10 to Ubuntu 23.04, the boot gets stuck on 2 processes:

1. Job gpu-manager.service/start

2. Job plymouth-quit-wait.service/start

   

Also earlier in the boot shows "Dependency failed for" a series of SSSD services.

The computer is an Acer Predator Helios with a SSD. What should I do to fix it?

Answer 1

I had the same issue. It turned out to be a bug with the nvidia-driver-470 package currently installed. I installed nvidia-driver-515 instead and the new Lunar boot process worked flawlessly. Here are the steps:

1. Boot into recovery mode to view the GNU GRUB menu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode
2. Choose to boot with Linux kernel 5.19.0 instead of Linux kernel 6.2.0. I was able to successfully boot up and open a terminal with the older 5.19.0 kernel.
3. Run the sudo apt install nvidia-driver-515 command to install the different Nvidia driver version.
4. Reboot to confirm that everything now works with the default kernel 6.2.0 boot process.

Answer 2

After upgrading Xubuntu 22.10 to 23.04 I've got stuck in normal boot and also in recovery boot. Booting with the old kernel 5.19.0-40 was still working. The Nvidia driver version was at 510.108.03.

I upgraded the Nvidia driver to 515.105.01 using:

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-515

and rebooted. Then normal boot was working again.

Answer 3

Dale Kube's answer (and Matthew H's comment) are spot-on.

A couple of things to note for me:

1. I was already at v510, and had to install nvidia-driver-525
2. System reboot got stuck waiting for the old nvidia driver to unload (systemd-udev).

I eventually used the power button to shut off the PC. This hasn't recurred since.

Answer 4

Running

sudo ubuntu-drivers install

fixed it for me. It actually install nvidia-driver-530. But now everything is fine. :-)