Cannot get to desktop

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I am stuck on the screen before loading into the desktop,before I was trying to install gallium nine drivers, which in someway caused this to happen.

Edit 1: installed default GPU drivers to no avail.

Edit 2: tried to reset unity, unable to due to their being no variable set.

Edit 3: I've tried to edit in nomodeset, through tty and also multiple others with consistent failure and no change whatsoever, and for one i cannot even find the problem as I've seen this screen on boot up, and it was never a problem.

Edit 4: tried other possible solutions, no luck on any of those, but will continue the search.

Edit 5: by typing startx in tty I got a fatal server error saying no screens found.

I was able to download some packages, but did not solve the problem. — Zane J, Dec 03 '16 at 03:25
Possible duplicate of My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it? — David Foerster, Dec 04 '16 at 11:38
Nope, nothing worked, possibly because the problem isn't from installing Ubuntu, since I've had this running fine for a while till now. — Zane J, Dec 04 '16 at 14:04

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

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By searching google with my last edit in mind I found this link Installed xorg on server, no screens found

which was similar but not exactly the same, but by using the first answerer's first command helped me find the problem which was 20-radeon.conf which I then deleted the file through tty, finally fixing the problem.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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answered Dec 06 '16 at 03:14

Zane J

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Cannot get to desktop

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