Black screen with cursor after suspend

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I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 and after waking up from suspend I get a black screen with a cursor.

I've run update and upgrade and it didn't fix the problem. I tried switching to lightdm but the problem is the same. I tried pressing ctrl + alt +f1 and ctrl + alt +f3 and nothing happens. I'm on a laptop so I've tried using fn too, but still nothing.

The only thing that seems to work is holding down the power button to stop the machine.

Similar problems: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1148022 and https://askubuntu.com/questions/1138957 — FedKad, Mar 05 '21 at 11:33
I have the same issue after lock screen nothing work only black screen mouse and keyboard lights are off too, It happened suddenly may be new update cause this, only solution so far is to hard restart — dileepa, Jun 06 '21 at 05:12

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '21 at 22:48

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Apparently this was a bug in the Nvidia driver. The new version specifically fixes this problem, but it is only available on Nvidia's website as of yet.

answered Mar 05 '21 at 22:48

Paul

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could you share the link where you downloaded the driver? – Gabriel Stein May 05 '21 at 15:34
@AdnanMujkanovic Sure, it's from here https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/ – Paul May 07 '21 at 12:42

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 26 '21 at 17:27

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When the black screen appears, you can press Ctrl+Alt+Scroll Lock or Ctrl+Alt+Pause/Break multiple times and then some help appears.

Also, Ctrl+Alt+B allows rebooting without pressing the power button.

I know that's not much of a help, but it is something.

edited Nov 26 '21 at 17:27

Glorfindel

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answered Nov 26 '21 at 08:56

Michal

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