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No gnome-desktop on the LAPTOP screen after connecting a second monitor(hdmi)

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So two things occurred:

I have recently near-nigh killed the system by deleting python3 (i had too many versions of it installed), but i did manage to reinstall it and the gnome-desktop since then through the CTRL+ALT+F1 terminal and everything worked "fine" for another day or two.

Now i connected my second screen to my DELL laptop(which is th machine in question) and there is no desktop on the laptop anymore. It just hangs on this boot-sequnce(in the picture). The funny part is i can still use almost everything as normal on the second screen (through the hdmi cable) but this is obviously not ideal.

If i try to access the regular Display settings on the second screen -- there is no "second" option (which is supposed to be the native laptop scren) except my auxillary(connected through hdmi) Samsung Monitor. The laptop's own screen is not detected.

If i try to get terminal with CTRL+ALT+F now on the laptop it throws me into the Ubuntu user-login screen, where once i enter my password it sends me back to the boot sequence.

Another scary thing is that a usb with a fresh ubuntu image is not being detected in BIOS anymore -- that was what i reached for first.

Please help, i'm totally unsure of how to proceed. I'd really like to get the laptop screen working with the actual system that is installed on it, really couldn't care about the second monitor.

Thanks a ton!

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answered 3 Years ago suitman · Accepted Answer

You could look at the system log with

    dmesg | less

to look for anything errors such as the Nvidia drivers failing to load.

Were you able to read the USB after booting your system? If so, then maybe you need to make it bootable with the Gnome Disk Utility GUI or try creating it again.

but my first concern is do you have a way of backing up stuff you want to keep should you have to re-install? (Documents, Downloads, Pictures, Music, code typically).

If you want to build a stable system, consider

    sudo apt update

and possibly

    sudo apt upgrade

to get to the next release. My guess is that an upgrade will be smart enough to recognize deficiencies in your system such as missing packages and add them.

Good luck.