Workaround (works for me) to get login screen back, switch from lightdm to gdm: sudo systemctl disable lightdm sudo systemctl stop lightdm sudo systemctl enable gdm #Seems to fail sudo systemctl start gdm
h/t @judd for the tip on https://forum.antergos.com/topic/3000/unable-to-log-in-black-screen-with-cursor-where-lightdm-used-to-be/10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1722940 Title: 17.10 boots to black screen with cursor To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1722940/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp