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I'm trying to install 16.04 on a machine with Windows 10. I got the iso and created boot disk. It starts to load but then I see the following screen

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I did some searching here and sounds like maybe failure to load the installer. The suggestion there for Ctrl+Alt+F1 does not do anything for me.

"[drm] nouveau 0000:04:0.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER" in the kernel.log file and the boot freezes

Windows is running fine. The graphic card is a Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT. AMD 64 Dual core 4800.

Any help will be much appreciated.

codesalsa
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    Try booting the Ubuntu Live DVD with the nomodeset parameter set. If that works, the problem is related to your video card, and will probably be solved by installing the correct video driver after install. – heynnema Oct 08 '17 at 01:28

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Boot the Ubuntu Live DVD with the nomodeset parameter set. If that works, the problem is related to your video card, and will can be solved by installing the correct video driver after install.

Once booted, open the Software & Updates app, select the Additional Drivers tab, and click the radio button to install the Nvidia driver. Reboot and you should be fine.

heynnema
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  • so I did the Software update and now I am unable to start Ubuntu :( I get some tocblock error. Any idea how I can undo the nvidia update? I am able to goto recovery mode. – codesalsa Oct 08 '17 at 21:16
  • so I was able to get the apt install history log and then do a apt-get remove. Atleast booting up now even though some errors still show. – codesalsa Oct 08 '17 at 21:29
  • So you've had to uninstall the Nvidia driver? What kinds of errors are you seeing now? I'm not any kind of expert with Nvidia cards, but I do believe that there are 2 or 3 choices for the driver... one is called BumbleBee, then they have some kind of Pro version, etc... you'll have to research this a little yourself. I'd search AskUbuntu for "Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT" and see what you find. – heynnema Oct 08 '17 at 22:09