At start of the computer I only get a flashing cursor in the left upper corner. How can I solve this problem, without reinstalling budgie.
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Odd⊠very odd.
What did you do before this happened? Install or uninstalling any software?
Reboot. Then when you reach the login screen press ctrl alt f3
This will switch to a tty
Login
Type the following carefully to reinstall the key packages
sudo apt install --reinstall lightdm slick-greeter budgie-desktop budgie-core gir1.2-budgie-1.0 libbudgie-plugin0 libbudgie-private0 libbudgietheme0 libraven0 budgie-control-center budgie-desktop-environment ubuntu-budgie-desktop
reboot --
Now try logging in as normal.
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I didnÂŽt do a thing. I did not istall or uninstall anything. This morning i started the computer as usual. And then he didnât start, just as i wrote just a blinking cursor. I do not even get to the login screen.
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Hello, I installed Ubuntu Budgie 24.04.2 this morning alongside the original version 24.04.2. Oké, after restart of the computer no problem at all. Everything oké. Then I started the latest updates and started the computer again. Same problem as before, blinking cursor in the upper left corner. So I started again and now I tried to install Ubuntu Budgie 24.10. (again alongside the old install). After starting up the computer, everything went well. I could login. But as always there are in the meantime some updates, so I installed the latest update. After reboot the computer, I was very happy to see that everything works fine now.
So I think, there is something wong with the updates of Ubuntu 24,04.2.
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From Grub - choose Advance Grub options and choose the earliest kernel to boot with. Does that work?
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Hoi, I did what you said and started with kernel 6.11.26 in recovery mode. Now the computer did start as normal.
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From here - Canonical have released a new kernel a few hours ago
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How can I install that kernel?
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Can I do that via the update procedure?
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sure - just update as normal - you should see an update with that new kernel version being offered.
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I updated the computer to kernel 6.11.29. I got the same problem. I can start with the 6.11.29 recovery.
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In that case, @Tukkie, I may have a solution to use the main menu entry.
Launch the terminal (Ctrl Alt t) and copy-paste this line â it will add ânomodesetâ parameter to the GRUB configuration file:
sudo sed -i âs#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=âquiet splash â#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=âquiet splash nomodeset â#gâ /etc/default/grub
Then enter this one to reflect the change in the boot menu:
sudo update-grub && reboot
If this doesnât work, do the same with this line to restore the initial configuration:
sudo sed -i 's#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nomodeset "#GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash "#g' /etc/default/grub
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I thank you for your reply, I tried some things, but decided to install a fresh budgie alongside the old version. I had to start in recovery mode each time, but that worked.
But the solutions here i copy and save them if I ever need them.
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Too bad you wonât try it: I may be wrong, but it should be the equivalent of recovery mode for the main menu entry.
And Iâve tried to make things very easy.
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I thank you for your solutions, but with my 80 years i was glad that the first solution Ctr Alt F3 worked. I could then login in recoverymode and everything looked oke. Then I decided to install a fresh one alongside the old one. Sorry for your effort.
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Youâre welcome, but we may have just lost an opportunity to check out and learn something.
And it would have saved your strength. Thatâs important, at our age. 
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