ubuntu 18.04 Black screen after login

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In ubuntu 18.04 after discovering that the wrong nvidia driver was polluting my kernel.log I've tried different combination of nvidia drivers with no success.

When I sudo service gdm start the login screen shows up but after login a black page blocks everithing,

4.15.0-33-generic

nvidia-340:
  Installed: 340.106-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 340.107-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1
  Version table:
     340.107-0ubuntu0~gpu18.04.1 500
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
 *** 340.106-0ubuntu3 500
        500 mirror://mirrors.ubuntu.com/mirrors.txt bionic/restricted amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

How can i diagnose/solve this?

UPDATE:

Same problem with a fresh install after installing nvidia recomended drivers. Resolved avoiding nvidia drivers.

Should this be a hardware error?

Btw video card runs with no problem in Windows.

Gert Kruger

I had same problem with both Ubuntu 18.10 and 19.04. I have a dell Vostro 3670 (see https://linux-hardware.org/?probe=0f87997cd1). This solution did not work for me. After reboot the screen stays blanc. I found a solution to restore the Ubuntu desktop at least. From #17 on proprietary drivers not showing up - Page 2

I found several proposed solutions for this issue to install the Nvidia drivers. None of them work for me. I found 2 methods that enable you to recover the Desktop environment when this happens:

First by Fossfreedom at - https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/nvidia-390-black-screen/97/14

You have to do a safe boot and go to root, then:
sudo apt-get remove nvidia-*
sudo apt install nvidia-prime
sudo prime-select intel
Then reboot.

Second form sgian entry #3 at https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2399985

Also do a safe boot and go to root. Then:
sudo apt purge nvidia*
sudo apt install --reinstall xorg xserver-xorg-core
Then reboot.