Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 stuck on login screen

Question

I switched from Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS to Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 two weeks ago, and it was working fine. But for some reason, if I upgrade to 17.04, it gets stuck on the login screen. That is, after I click my user account and enter my password, it gets stuck on the grey screen. The mouse pointer doesn't move. And, I can't start a tty. But, I can lock the account by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F1. But when I try unlocking it by entering my password, same problem again. This only happens on 17.04 for me. 16.10 works fine.

Solution

I got the same problem with ubuntu 17.04 on a fresh install. The issue was the graphical part (nvidia/intel on board), so on the login I :

• Switch to a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+F1

• Install nvidia driver and nvidia prime

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
  sudo apt-get update
  ubuntu-drivers devices
  sudo apt-get install nvidia-(number) nvidia-prime

• Switch from nvidia to intel in a terminal

  sudo prime-select intel
  sudo prime-select nvidia

When using nvidia, it was ok!

Comments

[Dennis J]

Almost exactly the same problem here, and no answers found. Difference is that I installed Ubuntu GNOME 17.04 dual boot with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. 16.04 still runs fine, in fact the 17.04 GNOME Live CD ran fine until install. Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz × 2 ... graphics = Gallium 0.4 on NV42 ... Dell XPS5

[Suor]

Same but Unity, can't even start logging in, happens only with 4.10 kernel. Using 4.8 for now.

[NovusMobile]

my keyboard is not working as well any suggestion ?