I rebooted. This time I tried to pro actively restart the logind service. This still resulted in the black screen and eventually getting returned to the login screen. However the error log looks a little different since it claims the gdm-x-session was terminated successfully...
May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: dbus-daemon[4763]: [session uid=9338 pid=4763] Activated service 'org.freedesktop. systemd1' failed: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1 May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: Unable to register display with display manager May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: (II) event2 - Power Button: device removed May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: (II) event1 - Power Button: device removed May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: (II) event0 - Sleep Button: device removed May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: (II) event3 - Logitech USB Trackball: device removed May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: (II) event4 - Logitech USB Optical Mouse: device removed May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: (II) event5 - Logitech USB Keyboard: device removed May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: (II) event6 - Logitech USB Keyboard: device removed May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: (II) UnloadModule: "libinput" May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 kernel: [ 167.479107] snd_hda_codec_hdmi hdaudioC1D0: HDMI: invalid ELD data byte 28 May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: message repeated 6 times: [ (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"] May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Deleting GPU-0 May 14 09:28:09 jcormier-MS-7A93 /usr/lib/gdm3/gdm-x-session[4506]: (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file. ** Attachment added: "syslog_pre_restart_logind.gz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1770238/+attachment/5139249/+files/syslog_pre_restart_logind.gz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1770238 Title: [nvidia] Logging in results in a black screen for many minutes after which the login screen reappears and I am able to login fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1770238/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs