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I was running 16.04 on my machine and one day I booted my machine to a black screen. I had seemed to fix this after booting to root console and reinstalling xorg xserver, but I am not a long time linux user and this took me a long time to figure out how to do.

Booted up OK, so I ran updates and created a new backup just in case. Next day it failed to boot again, and I thought screw it, I have a fresh backup, so I completely reinstalled 16.04.

Ran updates, restored my files and settings. My next boot was to a black screen. Ok. Reinstalled 16.04 again, and walked it through the following steps:

  • Changed video drivers to NVIDIA-367. Rebooted OK.
  • Ran apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, some items listed as held back. Rebooted OK.
  • Ran apt update && apt upgrade. Booted to black screen.

I'm not sure what to make of this, and I can't keep reinstalling my OS. I'm a student and I need this machine. Is there some way I can stick to stable updates only, or what other options can I pursue?

Mostafa Ahangarha
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My solution would be to lock the package from updating until the issue is resolved. This way you can continue to update critical software even though that driver may have stability issues.

Hold a package:

sudo apt-mark hold package_name

Remove the hold:

sudo apt-mark unhold package_name
Matt O.
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