I am on LTS, so I can't say this for sure--- but the normal supported upgrade paths are from one LTS to the next (16.04 to 18.04 to 20.04). Or from one regular release to the next.
18.04.2 (which is LTS) directly to 19.04 skips 18.10. Maybe all the dependencies and updates are handled correctly, and maybe not.
Again, I'm not sure this is your problem, but it is my first thought.
What you did in update-manager is irrelevant. That only determines when you are prompted to make updates, and whether you are on the LTS or normal path.
18.04 to 19.04 is NOT a supported upgrade until after end of life for 18.10. Sometimes the upgrade manager must run scripts to change config file formats or other organizational things that are not covered by the package dependency system. This is made abundantly clear in the Ubuntu wiki and manuals.
It is entirely possible that 18.04 to 19.04 would work for some people and hardware and not for others.
Maybe it is your problem and maybe not. Supposedly, after EOL on 18.10 you can go straight to 19.04, but there is no easy way to tell if the scripts for update-manager have been changed yet. They are not due to change until end July.
Why don't you try 19.04 on a liveUSB and see if you have the same problem. If that works normally, I would suspect that you have bollixed (a technical term your install with the unsupported upgrade and should reinstall 19.04 from scratch. You need not lose anything in /home partition to do this