# Update 25.04 to 25.10

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 3, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519 "2026-02-03T11:29:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Tukkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@Tukkie](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Tukkie)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519/1 "2026-02-03T11:29:00Z")

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I sent this message from another computer. I updated my computer from 25.04 to 25.10 and now Ubuntu does not start anymore. All I get is a blinking cursor in the upper left corner.

I tried something:

I started the pc and choose advanced options.

I choose kernel 6.17.0-12 - generic (recovery mode)

I got recovery menu.

I just hit enter on resume (did nothing else) and Ubuntu did start. I tried this several times and every time Ubuntu starts as it should be.

Is there something I could do on the recovey menu to solve the problem???

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**Author:** ![jlb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jlb/32/4919_2.png) [@jlb](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/jlb)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519/2 "2026-02-03T14:17:31Z")

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Hi, @Tukkie!

Perhaps try updating GRUB. 🤔

Launch the terminal (Ctrl Alt t), enter `lsblk -no pkname` to get the name of your disk, and enter this line, replacing “xxxx” with the name in question:

`sudo os-prober && sudo update-grub && sudo grub-install /dev/xxxx`

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**Author:** ![Tukkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@Tukkie](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Tukkie)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519/3 "2026-02-03T15:18:33Z")

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Unfortunately that solution did not work, the same problem: blinking cursor in the upper left.

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**Author:** ![jlb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jlb/32/4919_2.png) [@jlb](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/jlb)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519/4 "2026-02-05T11:07:32Z")

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Why not try Boot-Repair?

`sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair && sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y boot-repair ; boot-repair`

Don’t change the options, but ask for the report.  
If that doesn’t work, post it in your reply (click the “Upload” button).

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519/5 "2026-02-05T11:47:43Z")

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Yeah - its a difficult one to diagnose without have more info. It might just be an issue that before the upgrade @Tukkie might have accidentally removed the critical ubuntu-budgie-desktop / ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal packages sometime in the past. The upgrade then would have missed out / removed all critical packages.

@Tukkie I would rollback to your backup you have before you did the upgrade … I’m assuming you do have a current backup. Then check you have either of those two packages installed before re-doing the upgrade.

Alternatively you would need to switch to a TTY (CTRL+ALT+F3) and login. Run

```
sudo apt update && sudo apt install ubuntu-budgie-desktop

```

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**Author:** ![Tukkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@Tukkie](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Tukkie)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519/6 "2026-02-05T18:59:46Z")

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I didn’t remove ubuntu-budgie-desktop / ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal packages. When I install Budgie, I always install minimized, could this be the problem?

I rolled back to 25.04. I will do a clean install of 25.10 on another partition and see how this works out.

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**Author:** ![jlb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jlb/32/4919_2.png) [@jlb](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/jlb)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519/7 "2026-02-06T13:30:00Z")

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This is just a hypothesis, but several users on another forum where I provide support have recently experienced strange issues at the same time.  
One of them found that the issue was caused by kernel version 6.17.0-14 and was resolved with version 6.17.0-37.

Unfortunately, I no longer have 25.10 on my multiboot system to check the kernel versions, but this is perhaps something to consider.

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**Author:** ![Tukkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@Tukkie](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Tukkie)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519/8 "2026-02-06T18:54:34Z")

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The kernel on my pc is 6.17.0-12 .

How can I update to kernel 6.17.0-37 ?

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**Author:** ![jlb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jlb/32/4919_2.png) [@jlb](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/jlb)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519/9 "2026-02-06T19:32:51Z")

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Ah, I don’t know about that, but you don’t have kernel 6.17.0-14 yet.  
You’ll see when you compare it with your new installation. 🤔

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**Author:** ![Tukkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@Tukkie](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Tukkie)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/update-25-04-to-25-10/8519/10 "2026-02-06T19:53:36Z")

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Oké, i wait and see. Thanks so far.