# Booting to black screen

**URL:** <https://deeptalk.lambda.ai/t/booting-to-black-screen/1358>\
**Category:** Technical Help\
**Created:** [December 18, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://deeptalk.lambda.ai/t/booting-to-black-screen/1358 "2019-12-18T19:49:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![ricky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/439d5e/32.png) [@ricky](https://deeptalk.lambda.ai/u/ricky)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://deeptalk.lambda.ai/t/booting-to-black-screen/1358/1 "2019-12-18T19:49:21Z")

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I installed the lambda stack on a system with ubuntu 18.04 server and a 2080 ti gpu. When I restart by the reboot command, the system boots into a black screen. If I then hit the reset switch, it reboots, shows the grub boot screen and continues to a black screen. If I power cycle then the system boots normally.

This is a fresh install. The system reboots normally before I install the lambda stack. The boot to black problem happens with both the desktop and server versions of 18.04.

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf contains  
blacklist nouveau  
options nouveau modeset=0

suggestions?