19.10 Boots into a black screen

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Which release did you upgrade from and what steps did you take, please?

I upgraded from 19.04 my steps where:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo do-release-upgrade

Booting the latest 5.3.0-23-generic kernel, do you get to the login screen ?

If so, what results when attempting to activate a virtual terminal ( key combo ctl+alt+F2) ?

log in here and show us the output of terminal command:
sudo lshw -C display

so we see the graphic's card and *IF* a driver is loaded.

-there is that process-

I don't get to the login screen. On the black screen all I see is:

Loading Linux 5.3.0-23-generic
Loading initial ram disk...

Crl+alt+F2 does nothing

Is it a completely black screen, or do you have text on it?

"Loading initial ram disk..." may indicate that something went wrong when creating the initramfs boot file.

Boot into an older kernel and execute the commands

sudo update-initramfs -u
sudo update-grub

Does this help, or do you still see the same problem?

After trying that out, I observe the same behavior. Back screen with two lines of text:
"Loading Linux 5.3.0-23-generic
Loading initial ram disk..."

Which idles indifinetely.

Does the system successfully boot the 5.3.0-23-generic kernel when selecting one of the recovery mode options in grub, or do they all end up with that "Loading initial ram disk..." message?

Booting with recovery mode also exhibits the same behaviour. I also tried with the proposed kernel, 5.3.0-24-generic and it's recovery mode. They all exhibit the same behaviour during boot.

Felipe Moreno; Hummm..

Though not likely a disk space issue - At this point would be nice to know:
Show us:
dpkg -l | grep linux-
df -h

-got to be a reason-

Running $ dpkg -l | grep linux-
gives:

ii binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu 2.33-2ubuntu1 amd64 GNU binary utilities, for x86-64-linux-gnu target
ii bluez-tools 2.0~20170911.0.7cb788c-2build1 amd64 Set of tools to manage Bluetooth devices for linux
ii console-setup-linux 1.191ubuntu3 all Linux specific part of console-setup
ii fonts-linuxlibertine 5.3.0-4 all Linux Libertine family of fonts
ii liblinux-epoll-perl 0.016-1 amd64 perl epoll module for O(1) multiplexing
ii libselinux1:amd64 2.9-2 amd64 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii libselinux1-dev:amd64 2.9-2 amd64 SELinux development headers
ii libv4l-0:amd64 1.16.7-1 amd64 Collection of video4linux support libraries
ii libv4lconvert0:amd64 1.16.7-1 amd64 Video4linux frame format conversion library
ii linux-base 4.5ubuntu2 all Linux image base package
ii linux-firmware 1.183.2 all Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
ii linux-generic 5.3.0.24.28 amd64 Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers
ii linux-headers-5.3.0-23 5.3.0-23.25 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 5.3.0
ii linux-headers-5.3.0-23-generic 5.3.0-23.25 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 5.3.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-5.3.0-24 5.3.0-24.26 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 5.3.0
ii linux-headers-5.3.0-24-generic 5.3.0-24.26 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 5.3.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-generic 5.3.0.24.28 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
rc linux-image-4.15.0-62-generic 4.15.0-62.69 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
rc linux-image-4.15.0-65-generic 4.15.0-65.74 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
rc linux-image-5.0.0-32-generic 5.0.0-32.34 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
ii linux-image-5.0.0-36-generic 5.0.0-36.39 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
ii linux-image-5.3.0-23-generic 5.3.0-23.25 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
ii linux-image-5.3.0-24-generic 5.3.0-24.26 amd64 Signed kernel image generic
ii linux-image-generic 5.3.0.24.28 amd64 Generic Linux kernel image
ii linux-libc-dev:amd64 5.3.0-23.25 amd64 Linux Kernel Headers for development
rc linux-modules-4.15.0-62-generic 4.15.0-62.69 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-modules-4.15.0-65-generic 4.15.0-65.74 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-5.0.0-36-generic 5.0.0-36.39 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.0.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-5.3.0-23-generic 5.3.0-23.25 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.3.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-5.3.0-24-generic 5.3.0-24.26 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.3.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-65-generic 4.15.0-65.74 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.15.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-modules-extra-5.0.0-32-generic 5.0.0-32.34 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.0.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-extra-5.0.0-36-generic 5.0.0-36.39 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.0.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-23-generic 5.3.0-23.25 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.3.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-extra-5.3.0-24-generic 5.3.0-24.26 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 5.3.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-sound-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 all base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems
ii pptp-linux 1.10.0-1build1 amd64 Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) Client
ii skypeforlinux 8.27.0.85 amd64 Skype keeps the world talking, for free.
ii syslinux 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-1 amd64 collection of bootloaders (DOS FAT and NTFS bootloader)
ii syslinux-common 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-1 all collection of bootloaders (common)
ii syslinux-legacy 2:3.63+dfsg-2ubuntu9 amd64 Bootloader for Linux/i386 using MS-DOS floppies
ii util-linux 2.34-0.1ubuntu2 amd64 miscellaneous system utilities
ii v4l-utils 1.16.7-1 amd64 Collection of command line video4linux utilities

Then running $ df -h
gives:

Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /dev
tmpfs 1.6G 1.7M 1.6G 1% /run
/dev/nvme0n1p7 435G 306G 107G 75% /
tmpfs 7.8G 603M 7.2G 8% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/loop0 4.3M 4.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/544
/dev/loop1 45M 45M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1353
/dev/loop3 1.0M 1.0M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/81
/dev/loop4 90M 90M 0 100% /snap/core/7917
/dev/loop8 43M 43M 0 100% /snap/gtk-common-themes/1313
/dev/loop5 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/98
/dev/loop7 1.0M 1.0M 0 100% /snap/gnome-logs/73
/dev/loop6 157M 157M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/110
/dev/loop2 4.3M 4.3M 0 100% /snap/gnome-calculator/536
/dev/loop9 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/107
/dev/loop10 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/359
/dev/loop12 55M 55M 0 100% /snap/core18/1223
/dev/loop11 90M 90M 0 100% /snap/core/8039
/dev/loop13 157M 157M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/91
/dev/loop14 12M 12M 0 100% /snap/ngrok/20
/dev/loop15 182M 182M 0 100% /snap/spotify/36
/dev/loop17 55M 55M 0 100% /snap/core18/1265
/dev/loop18 3.8M 3.8M 0 100% /snap/gnome-system-monitor/111
/dev/loop16 121M 121M 0 100% /snap/ubuntu-clock-app/5
/dev/loop19 141M 141M 0 100% /snap/gnome-3-26-1604/97
/dev/loop20 12M 12M 0 100% /snap/ngrok/21
/dev/nvme0n1p1 496M 78M 419M 16% /boot/efi
/dev/loop21 15M 15M 0 100% /snap/gnome-characters/367
tmpfs 1.6G 16K 1.6G 1% /run/user/1000

 Felipe Moreno; Well -

All I can see is a possible conflict with:
ii libselinux1-dev:amd64 2.9-2 amd64 SELinux development headers
ii linux-libc-dev:amd64 5.3.0-23.25 amd64 Linux Kernel Headers for development

it is above my skill level and experience to know. I will eagerly await Manfred's continued advise.

-A know it all I am not -

Sorry, I have no idea why that kernel does not successfuly boot on your system.
My suggestion would have been to try the -proposed version of the kernel and/or the latest mainline kernel - exactly what's already requested in your bug report.

Thank you all for the support! The latest mainline kernel did the trick. It works wonders. Thanks!!

Just as note for future users that might run into this issue, I installed

linux-image-unsigned-5.4.0-050400rc8-generic_5.4.0-050400rc8.201911171930_amd64.deb
linux-modules-5.4.0-050400rc8-generic_5.4.0-050400rc8.201911171930_amd64.deb

From
https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.4-rc8/

Thanks.