No display after Linux or Software update

Owned by Joey Houy (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Oct 04, 2022
1 min read

If you are planning on installing Software packages that instruct you to run Linux update commands, you might lose GUI functionality depending if your update command creates a new kernel (another option in your boot grub). If this happens, and you get stuck during boot, you can try to access a non-GUI/virtual terminal using ‘ctrl+alt+f3’ that should prompt a login/password. Using this virtual terminal, you can use the commands to re-install NVIDIA driver, as the display relies on NVIDIA drivers, but it needs to be recompiled/rebuilt to your new/latest kernel created if/when you run a major update on your Linux OS.

Example: https://exxact.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ESKB/pages/605290497 (commands/instructions works for Ubuntu as well)