Ubuntu 14.04 nvidia problems after update

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I updated a laptop a couple of days ago and I can no longer completely boot into UBuntu. Once it gets to the login screen, I can login but will never reach the desktop. The screen goes black eventually reboots back to the login screen. Trying to switch to any of the terminals just gives me a blank screen. So, I have no way of running commands. I suspect that there's a problem with the nVidia driver (it wouldn't be the first time). Is there any way to prevent UBuntu from loading the nVidia driver?

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Take a look at this for possible fixes. – nixpower Jul 01 '15 at 02:41 — nixpower, Jul 01 '15 at 02:41
How did you install nvidia drivers? – Pilot6 Jul 01 '15 at 12:08 — Pilot6, Jul 01 '15 at 12:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 01 '15 at 04:09

I would recommend you try guest mode, just to see if you get in. I'm not sure, but I think that once in guest mode you can enter the Synaptic Package Manager using SUDO in the terminal (install if necessary).

Provided you have already installed it, the command to run it from terminal in guest mode would (probably) be:

sudo synaptic

With synaptic you can do a search for your nvidia drivers and delete the driver. Please only eliminate the enumerated driver, ie v 3.04 or 3.31, not all files associated with nvidia. You need to keep some of them.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Had the same problems on Kubuntu 15.04 :-/ The solution that should work on any actual linux version is to deinstall the NVIDIA drivers:

Switch to console with Strg+Alt+F1 and login

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-340

as desrcibed at: How do you remove Nvidia's proprietary drivers? and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Jul 01 '15 at 12:05

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