Zorin OS 16 black screen with blinking cursor

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This is happening to me with zorin 16. Worked for a while but now is going to black screen with flashing cursor

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Can you detail what computer you are using, graphics card and if you made any changes, installations or removal directly prior to the trouble starting?

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Hello, I'm not sure how to tell what cpu I am using without access to system details, using Nvidia GTX 660. No changes at all made, computer was working fine last night.

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In terminal:

sudo apt install inxi

Then paste the output of the following command here:

inxi -F

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I cannot get to terminal, probably because i am a Linux noob.

Alt shift f-keys does nothing
Tapping escape does nothing
Tapping left shift takes me to grub with flashing underscore but I cannot type

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Intel i5-4690k

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You mean at boot?

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Yes as soon as I hit power on I tap left shift like my life depends on it and it takes me to a black screen that says grub then flashing underscore but no keyboard inputs work on that screen

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Trying the installation usb in UEFI mode gives the same issue

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Can you try hitting ctrl or alt or F1 at that screen to access tty?
IF that works, enter in:

sudo apt remove --purge nvidia*

Then reboot...

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Yes none of those work, grub screen remains

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This... I did not expect.
What happens if you try it with safe graphics?

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Works okay (some freezing) if I select the usb in non UEFI mode, standard graphics. With safe graphics seems to work fine as well

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Is secure boot in your EFI settings enabled or disabled?

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Disabled

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I also tried using the keyboard in all of my possible usb slots with all other USB devices removed and that didn't work for the grub screen

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I will admit... I am a bit confused by that. Usually the black screen and blinking cursor is blank- Are you willing to use your phone to take a picture of that grub screen?

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I can't upload the picture due to file size limit, but it is literally a black screen with"GRUB _" and that is it. The underscore is flashing

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What happens if you tap the e key?

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No response

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