cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/1179690

I just did an apt update followed by an apt upgrade, and during the latter the screen went all blank with a blinking prompt. Unresponsive to keyboard and touchpad. I also hear the fans. It’s been like this for 10 min now. I think some Nvidia drivers were included in the upgrade. What to do? Is it safe to emergency reboot? I appreciate any suggestions also for post-checks. Cheers!

Update: The suggestion by @nottheengineer@feddit.de worked!

  • stravanasuOPEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    Thank you. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but doing that brought the desktop back, and everything seemed normal. I closed everything and rebooted just to be on the safe side.

    If you have (time and) any hypotheses on what could have been, I’d be curious to hear.

    Thank you again!

    • @nottheengineer@feddit.deEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Nvidia driver updates have a tendency to crash X, so that’s probably what happened.

      If it works now, you don’t need to worry about anything.

      • stravanasuOPEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I think that’s what happened. Will be ready next time…