Help with boot - black screen blinking cursor

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I installed Ubuntu yesterday and it worked with no problems. I had turned off my computer several times and booted it back up with no problems too.



Last night my cat accidentally unplugged my power and I wasn't doing anything important so I didn't think much of it and went to sleep.



When I tried booting today and selected ubuntu from the GRUB menu, a black screen appeared with a blinking cursor.



I tried this solution and it told me to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 when that appeared to go to a login page but my keyboard doesn't work after I select something from the GRUB menu (Caps lock doesn't light up on my keyboard so I know it doesn't respond).



I do have the GRUB command line to my disposal so I'm wondering if I can do something with that to fix my issue.



Specs:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

HP Pavilion Elite HPE

RAM: 8.0 GB

Processor: AMD Phentom ii x4 945 processor

Graphics: AMD Cedar

GNOME: 3.28.1

OS Type: 64-bit



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  • The graphical session has been moved from 7 to 1/2 (depending on the Ubuntu flavor) since 17.10, so in order to get to a tty you need to press [Ctrl]+[alt]+[F3] (or [F4]...[F6]).
    – danzel
    May 17 at 7:00














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I installed Ubuntu yesterday and it worked with no problems. I had turned off my computer several times and booted it back up with no problems too.



Last night my cat accidentally unplugged my power and I wasn't doing anything important so I didn't think much of it and went to sleep.



When I tried booting today and selected ubuntu from the GRUB menu, a black screen appeared with a blinking cursor.



I tried this solution and it told me to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 when that appeared to go to a login page but my keyboard doesn't work after I select something from the GRUB menu (Caps lock doesn't light up on my keyboard so I know it doesn't respond).



I do have the GRUB command line to my disposal so I'm wondering if I can do something with that to fix my issue.



Specs:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

HP Pavilion Elite HPE

RAM: 8.0 GB

Processor: AMD Phentom ii x4 945 processor

Graphics: AMD Cedar

GNOME: 3.28.1

OS Type: 64-bit



Thanks.







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  • The graphical session has been moved from 7 to 1/2 (depending on the Ubuntu flavor) since 17.10, so in order to get to a tty you need to press [Ctrl]+[alt]+[F3] (or [F4]...[F6]).
    – danzel
    May 17 at 7:00












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I installed Ubuntu yesterday and it worked with no problems. I had turned off my computer several times and booted it back up with no problems too.



Last night my cat accidentally unplugged my power and I wasn't doing anything important so I didn't think much of it and went to sleep.



When I tried booting today and selected ubuntu from the GRUB menu, a black screen appeared with a blinking cursor.



I tried this solution and it told me to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 when that appeared to go to a login page but my keyboard doesn't work after I select something from the GRUB menu (Caps lock doesn't light up on my keyboard so I know it doesn't respond).



I do have the GRUB command line to my disposal so I'm wondering if I can do something with that to fix my issue.



Specs:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

HP Pavilion Elite HPE

RAM: 8.0 GB

Processor: AMD Phentom ii x4 945 processor

Graphics: AMD Cedar

GNOME: 3.28.1

OS Type: 64-bit



Thanks.







share|improve this question














I installed Ubuntu yesterday and it worked with no problems. I had turned off my computer several times and booted it back up with no problems too.



Last night my cat accidentally unplugged my power and I wasn't doing anything important so I didn't think much of it and went to sleep.



When I tried booting today and selected ubuntu from the GRUB menu, a black screen appeared with a blinking cursor.



I tried this solution and it told me to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 when that appeared to go to a login page but my keyboard doesn't work after I select something from the GRUB menu (Caps lock doesn't light up on my keyboard so I know it doesn't respond).



I do have the GRUB command line to my disposal so I'm wondering if I can do something with that to fix my issue.



Specs:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

HP Pavilion Elite HPE

RAM: 8.0 GB

Processor: AMD Phentom ii x4 945 processor

Graphics: AMD Cedar

GNOME: 3.28.1

OS Type: 64-bit



Thanks.









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  • The graphical session has been moved from 7 to 1/2 (depending on the Ubuntu flavor) since 17.10, so in order to get to a tty you need to press [Ctrl]+[alt]+[F3] (or [F4]...[F6]).
    – danzel
    May 17 at 7:00
















  • The graphical session has been moved from 7 to 1/2 (depending on the Ubuntu flavor) since 17.10, so in order to get to a tty you need to press [Ctrl]+[alt]+[F3] (or [F4]...[F6]).
    – danzel
    May 17 at 7:00















The graphical session has been moved from 7 to 1/2 (depending on the Ubuntu flavor) since 17.10, so in order to get to a tty you need to press [Ctrl]+[alt]+[F3] (or [F4]...[F6]).
– danzel
May 17 at 7:00




The graphical session has been moved from 7 to 1/2 (depending on the Ubuntu flavor) since 17.10, so in order to get to a tty you need to press [Ctrl]+[alt]+[F3] (or [F4]...[F6]).
– danzel
May 17 at 7:00















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