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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?

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[–] shiftyeyes@piefed.social 3 points 3 days 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.