i think i borked my nvidia driver....

[fubie]

ok, so everything was running fine except for some video probs with google earth and some video files. so i decided to change my video driver. now when i boot after grub i get a white screen then funky graded blue screen then it just sits.

if i hit my power button it seems like it's doing a normal power down, then powers off.

i have no clue how to use the recovery selection. so any help would be much appreciated.

[sky]

Re: i think i borked my nvidia driver....

Hi,

I think you should try to modify your xorg.conf file to use vga or vesa driver instead of nvidia. Then uninstall what you did and reinstall nvidia-glx.
To edit the file when you've booted in recovery :
vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Find the "nv" or "nvidia" keyword and replace it by vga.
Save the file and reboot in normal mode, it should work at least in 640*480

-Second solution, you can reboot in safe mode and type :
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Maybe it will work...

Good luck

[fubie]

Re: i think i borked my nvidia driver....

thanks for the fast reply.

i tried vi /etc/X11/xorg.conf and it was empty

i then tried dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and it said xserver was not installed.

[Gezzer]

Re: i think i borked my nvidia driver....

use the recovery mode (hit the ESC key while booting)
enter your password when it prompts
then try at a prompt ...

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

[fubie]

Re: i think i borked my nvidia driver....

At what point do I hit escape? in grub or when I see the blue kubuntu logo?

[John Bird]

Re: i think i borked my nvidia driver....

Hi,
this may save you some trouble when you edited your Xorg conf it will have saved the old file and added a number as a prefix 0 being the original file so you can rename the bad file and rename the highest prefix file (ie most recent).

Regards John