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I recently installed fglrx after using the open source drivers(without any problems) when restarting gave me black screen I tried everything then decided to un-install the drivers and reinstall open-source drivers but the problem persisted. I then tried the following but still nothing changed. 

sudo apt-get remove --purge xorg-driver-fglrx fglrx*
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get update -f
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri xserver-xorg-core
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

I did notice that i can log in as guest in the splash screen. I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 and kernel 3.12 on a laptop with switchable graphics. I'm only using unity. Inisde tty console I get the following.

glxinfo
Error: unable to open display

However in guest session it displays normal values

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Looking at my .Xsession-errors file, I found that my home folder's permissions had been changed somehow. I changed it back to 

drwxr-xr-x me me

and now it works again.

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The only way to get out of there is to get out of this situation is to get to a recovery console.

Hold Shift key on boot up.

Once you are on the GRUB menu, choose a recovery mode. Then, choose a root console.

Once you manage to get to a recovery console as root:

apt-get autoremove fglrx

reboot

this is where I found this solution

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