I have a reoccurring issue when there’s a new graphics driver update through the PopShop. Once the update begins the screen goes completely black and doesn’t come back on.

Usually I wait a while and then I have to force shutdown the computer and then afterwards (if the driver finished updating) everything is fine.

Anyone know a workaround for this or some better solution?

  • shiftyeyes@piefed.socialEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    I had the same issue on popos Cosmic alpha and I couldn’t login to the desktop, kept getting error messages since it probably didnt finish upgrading before I powered down manually, so I had to hit

    Ctrl + Alt + F2

    Logged with usename and password into terminal

    Some terminal commands that fixed it for me (not necessarily in this order)

    sudo dpgk --configure -a

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt full-upgrade
    sudo apt autoremove
    sudo apt autoclean

    I’m running Cosmic and have been having issues with updates through popshop. Running updates manually through terminal has been more reliable, otherwise i gotta run sudo apt full-upgrade every now and then to fix whatever broke with popshop upgrades.

    Good luck.