Hello, thank you in advance for your help. I know there are many threads about similar topics to this, but none have worked, trust me I have tried them all!
Ubuntu prompted a system update, including Nvidia drivers, through the GUI, I clicked accept and it updated in the OS. After the update, I could not view images, with the error message:
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: hb_glib_script_to_script
The update prompted a restart, so I did, hoping it would fix it. After that, it would not start, and i get the infamous flashing cursor on a black screen. I can access the terminal by doing Ctrl + Alt + F2, and everything seems OK, it just will not load the main OS.
I tried so many solutions online, but I think I have narrowed down my problem to something very specific. After reinstalling Nvidia drivers multiple times, I tried to run nvidia-settings and now get the error messages;
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: hb_glib_script_to_scrip
libinvidia-gtk3.so: cannot open the shared object file: No such file or directory
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0: undefined symbol: hb_glib_script_to_script
libinvidia-gtk2.so: cannot open the shared object file: No such file or directory
Now this is the same error message I got when trying to open an image earlier, so narrows down further it is a graphics issue. However, after some googling, it seems the package libharfbuzz has something to do with this hb_glib_script_to_script business.
Here is where I might have made a mistake: I remember trying to reinstall/install a package called libharfbuzz, but I can’t remember the reason. I downloaded a tar.gz of this package, and did the ./configure and sudo make install. After whatever I did there a couple of weeks ago, I left it, and nothing bad has happened since then.
Some things I have tried:
- reinstalling all drivers
- loading the old kernel in GRUB
- changing GRUB settings including using
nomodeset - reinstalling
libpango-1.0-0andlibharfbuzzb0packages usingapt install
Currently Ubuntu is unusable for me. Please help if you can. I am happy to provide more info if it is needed.