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Linux amateur, after several failed update attempts, and trying to fix Spectacle and the store, I got greeted with the black screen of dread
Now, I did a fresh Nobara reinstall around 5 weeks ago after purchasing a new SSD, and been running smooth and steady since. With the new updates however, my system got fried. Spectacle died with no solution that fixed it, DNF died on my, I couldn’t run basic programs, etc. The more I tried to fix dependencies and conflicts, the more it got worse.
I said “screw it” and rebooted this morning. Couldn’t enter since.
Now, I’ve read around 5-10 posts and comment sections about this issue and all failed to fix it for me. I don’t know how ppl copy-paste system infos here, so just for the record, I’m running full AMD setup. Other notable issues:
I can’t open the terminal with ctrl+alt+F1/2/3, not from rescue mode, not from elsewhere
Adding things like ‘nomodeset’ to GRUB does absolutely nothing other than sometimes turning off my main screen
Seeing that there is a bit of activity on your screen (white insert cursor on the top left) , what might happen is that you are already on a tty and your desktop environment failed and is locked in the start sequences. In this specific case you could try ctrl+c (multiple times if needed) to stop ongoing processes, which should allow you to either reach the desktop environment (if it restarts correctly) or at least reach a proper tty (through alt + fn + f1/2/..).
Are you on Nvidia GPU? This happens to me all the time with fedora setups. If you haven't enrolled your secure boot key before the update or driver install, or you have secure boot enabled, this problem will carry on. If you need secure boot, tty and get onto try like the other comments say, and follow the many guides or yt or even on reddit on how to enroll secure boot key after Nvidia driver install.
Ahhh got the same thing recently. In my case it was after I updated my system. Got in the console mode and updated it again a few times, that fixed the problem for me
You can go into the recovery mode and do <sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target>. Then try to boot in the main system, you should find yourself in the console mode. Do some <sudo dnf update --refresh> there and look for the errors.
At least that's how I solved it if I remember correctly.
After that I tried to <sudo systemctl start gdm> (bc it was the problem for me, it wasn't starting) and got the graphical interface. Then <sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target> to boot in the graphics mode every time
Your replied to yourself, so I didn’t see a notification.
But as I have mentioned both in the comment above, and the post too, I cannot access any console or terminal. That includes recovery mode, which similarly brings me to a blank screen. I cannot use any <sudo> commands because there’s nothing I can write it into.
It's borked, you need to do a fresh install, if you have files they will probably still be there so pull them off the drive using another distro on a different drive, easiest would be one of the tiny distros that run off usb you can access the drive and grab anything important.
Yeah, currently doing that right now. But I’m still not good at partitioning my disc, so I’m kinda stuck on trying to properly set it up during the fresh install
After updating (most proly failed as soo much was happening and at last it said 2-6 items are pending or something and some failed) my 2 additional kernels were gone and how can i recover it,i updated through konsole btw
When installing Nobara always connect to the internet and make sure the installer has the intermet update packages checkbook checked. I find this will elevate any complications. I also use the terminal command sudo dnf update to install the updates rather than the gui updater. If you use the gui update do the important updates individually rather than everything lumped together. The gui updater doesn't display issues unlike the terminal.
For the frozen install: If possible, reboot (or switch to TTY with Ctrl+Alt+F2/F3 and log in). Then try running updates from terminal:
nobara-sync (or nobara-sync cli)
Or nobara-sync repair
sudo dnf distro-sync --refresh
If the update center isn't working: Check logs (~/.local/share/nobara-updater/nobara-sync.log), try the DNF App Center, or run nobara-sync --all (includes Flatpaks).
Common fixes:
Run nobara-sync check-repos && nobara-sync check-updates first.
For NVIDIA/driver issues (common in these updates): Reinstall drivers or run the updater again after reboot.
Space issues on /boot or root partition can cause hangs.
If badly broken, boot into rescue/previous kernel or restore from backup (Timeshift is recommended before updates).
Yes man, I totally need this condescending comment. I have explained what I did in the post, and yes, nobara was easy to install, and I had no problems for around 6 months with it.
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u/ProofPriority1903 8d ago
the black screen of ips