I have a Dell Inspiron 531s desktop computer. I have installed Ubuntu 14.04.2 on it, but I can only install it from USB when I go to the "Install Ubuntu" option and not the "Try Ubuntu without installing" option because nothing will show up. When I boot up Ubuntu, I can log in, but after that, there is only the background and my mouse and nothing else. I have tried all kinds of things from other threads, but they have not worked. I have also tried installing nvidia-current and nvidia-current-updates to no avail. None of the commands from the mentioned thread works for me. Also, I can boot into recovery mode, but only if I don't have the Nvidia driver. And I haven't been able to do a normal boot at all.
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King Deri
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I fixed my issue by going into the Ubuntu recovery mode and running sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nvidia-current.
King Deri
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Try running the command:
sudo apt-get install gdm -y
And selecting gdm as your default Display Manager. Reboot.
The5heepDev
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I installed GDM and it will not even load completely and if it does it freezes. I went into the Ubuntu recovery mode and now I can get in the desktop at low resolution, but I don't know what to do next. – King Deri Mar 29 '15 at 22:29