The bug doesn't happen in Wayland, which is why I created it for X11 specifically. I prefer to use Wayland but since I encountered the bug I thought it would be helpful to file it, especially since I saw so many others seemed to have the same problem: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1514757/issue-with-ubuntu-24-04-black- screen-with-cursor-on-login
I didn't reinstall any extensions the day before yesterday. Maybe system-monitor-next was upgraded? The Gnome extensions site is light on details: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3010/system-monitor- next/ You asked me to completely delete the files for custom extensions instead of disabling them; I didn't realise a disabled extension could break Gnome. But then for Ubuntu extensions I'm only supposed to disable them? You also said something about wallpapers. I can disable my wallpaper if need be. I've been using the same wallpaper since 22.04 so it's odd it would break Gnome now. At any rate I'll do my best to follow your instructions when I'm able but I rely on many of these extensions throughout the day so it's going to be a bit tedious to use my computer without the dock, desktop, etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2089709 Title: Ubuntu 24.04 (X11) sometimes logs in to a black screen with only an X cursor Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04. Now whenever I log in, sometimes I'll get a blank screen. It will only show the mouse cursor as an X. The problem seems to be intermittent. So far it's only happened to me using X11. My current workaround: 1. Open another terminal (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+F6) 2. Restart gdm3 (sudo systemctl restart gdm3) This seems to be affecting many people, although I couldn't find an existing bug: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1514757/issue-with- ubuntu-24-04-black-screen-with-cursor-on-login $ lsb_release -rd No LSB modules are available. Description: Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS Release: 24.04 $ apt-cache policy gdm3 gdm3: Installed: 46.0-2ubuntu1 Candidate: 46.0-2ubuntu1 Version table: *** 46.0-2ubuntu1 500 500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 Package: gdm3 46.0-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-48.48-generic 6.8.12 Uname: Linux 6.8.0-48-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Nov 26 14:54:33 2024 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-24 (1677 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) SourcePackage: gdm3 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2024-11-15 (11 days ago) modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.init.d.apport: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2020-05-04T10:55:44.853443 mtime.conffile..etc.gdm3.custom.conf: 2022-09-08T08:54:17.642371 mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.apport: 2024-07-22T10:59:07 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/2089709/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
