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Blank (or black) screen after boot process in Ubuntu

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You may encounter a blank screen after boot in ubuntu. This will be due to some update of certain packages.
Follow these steps to correct the problem.
1. Select recovery mode from the boot menu.
2. Select login as root from the menu in recovery mode.
3. Type this at the prompt
# sudo apt-get remove xorg-driver-fglrx
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
4. Exit
# exit
5. Now select Resume normal boot from the menu.
Every thing should be OK by now.
Please comment about your experience.
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Chris Homewood said…
Wow, l have tried many websites to solve this. This appears to have rid my blank screen on startup. Cheers.
June 19, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Unknown said…
THANK YOU VERY MUCH YOU SAVE ME.... This really help. YOU ARE THE BEST :)
June 26, 2009 at 7:48 AM
Danilo Egle said…
that's work for me!! thanks! save my life, ha!
August 2, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Unknown said…
At last someone knows the answer!
August 29, 2009 at 5:04 PM
A-Web said…
Did not work for me.... :(
October 8, 2009 at 6:46 AM
Unknown said…
Thanks you really saved me
October 8, 2009 at 1:32 PM
mytest said…
It works, but just for the session. When I quit and reboot, I get the black screen again.
Any tip?
Thans, Alph
October 9, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Unknown said…
It worked beautifully... but I don't understand what I just did?!?
October 11, 2009 at 5:28 PM
siddhanta said…
thanx a lot
it has solved the problem
excellent
October 18, 2009 at 3:01 PM
tmhererwa said…
Thank God for your brilliance!! You saved me a lot. Thank you very much
October 30, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Unknown said…
thank you, thank you, thank you!!! this worked.
November 11, 2009 at 6:59 AM
Unknown said…
I GOT THE MESSAGE : COULDN'T FIND PACKAGE XORD-DRIVER-FGLRX . Please someone help thanks
November 21, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Unknown said…
This did not work for me!

I selected Recovery Mode but was unable to log in as root! After selecting recovery mode, these messages was displayed on the screen:

Gave up waiting for root device. Common problems:
- Boot args (Cat /proc/cmdline)
- check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough)
- check root=(did the system wait for the right device)
-Missing modules (Cat /proc/modules; lo /dev)

ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid8874485b-afa6-4ec7-bfef-b45b0d8c6dad does not exist. Droppingto a shell!

Busy Box v1.13.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.13.3-1Ubuntu7) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
November 22, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Calvin Watershed said…
I just updated to Intrepid a few days ago and had been downloading a bunch of video conversion and editing programs when this happened to me. Startup, but just a blank screen, no login. Ubuntu forums were no help, but a bit of Googling uncovered this post. IT WORKED - Thanks so much. In fact, I'm posting this from my laptop right now. Much appreciated.
November 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM
justinsharpe said…
ahhhhh.... thanks ever so much! This has been such a LONG and frustrating journey. I wish I could have found your site sooner!
November 25, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Kirby said…
Updating an old laptop a coworker gave me. 9.04 to 9.10 update went to blank screen. I googled "Kubuntu 9.10 blank display". 3rd entry was to this page and the exact fix. Thanks.
December 15, 2009 at 10:47 AM
nanga said…
xorg-driver-fglrx package not installed so not removed.
I still have the same problem plz help me
March 7, 2010 at 3:12 PM
Unknown said…
Same here, package not installed, still have the issue aswell.
April 16, 2010 at 9:37 PM
Anonymous said…
Great. It worked
August 25, 2010 at 2:00 AM
Unknown said…
Initially didn't work, probably due to a mistake I must've made following your instructions in recovery mode.
I restarted pc & entered boot setup, f12 for me, selected the "C: drive", which is the only way I knew of to get ubuntu to boot properly.
Opened "root terminal", typed both commands as you said, & it worked perfectly, I've been struggling with this one since last year, thanks a lot!!!!
August 31, 2010 at 12:07 PM
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