Linux Xorg Broken After Kernel Update and Reboot Because of Nvidia Driver

September 14th, 2009 Alex Posted in linux | Comments Off

Re: help!! the last update broke my boot

  1. press alt+printscreen+r (to release the keyboard from the Xserver)

  2. then hit crtl+alt+F1 (and log in)
  3. sudo pico /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change the lines that says
    Section "Device"
    Driver "nvidia"

  4. to

    Section "Device"
    Driver "nv"

  5. Save the file and then issue the startx command or just reboot. That should get your desktop up and running, minus any hardware acceleration (e.g.: for compiz or video games).

Hope that helps and I hope the nvidia driver was opens source!

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1265224&page=3.

Note: I was updating my Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 5 machine.


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