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I've encountered a quite serious problem with my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. My display driver is defect and I really need this one file on the desktop. The display will turn black whenever I start Ubuntu.

Is there a way to: 1. Restore to the stock display driver? 2. Reinstall Ubuntu keeping my files? or 3. Get that one file with Windows 7 (yes, I'm dual booting) or the Ubuntu live CD?

Thanks for all answers.

Nonononoki
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  • You could just use the tty1 to use a terminal to copy the file to a usb stick. You can access tty1 by pressing "ctrl+alt+f1". – MrHug Oct 13 '14 at 14:39
  • On Windows you could access the files using ext2fsd or similar (see http://askubuntu.com/q/9933/178596, http://askubuntu.com/q/95254/178596), and then you can copy the files over. You can then reinstall Ubuntu from the install disk, as there probably is a reinstall option. – Wilf Oct 13 '14 at 14:41

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either

-boot in single-user mode (from grub: press e then add single at the end of the line starting with linux), or

-boot from live-cd and mount your root fs (/)

then rename your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failing - the path will obviously be different if you mounted your fs from a live-cd)

Olivier
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