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NVIDIA drivers causing blank screen with X mouse icon

rated 0 times [ 0] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 594 / 2 Years ago, thu, december 23, 2021, 12:48:51

I recently decided to switch to the NVIDIA proprietary drivers on my Linux Mint 16 desktop. I added the xorg-edgers PPA and installed the nvidia-current package. Upon rebooting, I didn't get the usual Linux Mint logo and instead I got a blank screen with the X mouse cursor.

I tried to use Alt + Ctrl + F1 to open a new terminal, but that did not do anything.

It seems like X is starting correctly, but the drivers are not loading. I'd like to just uninstall the drivers, but I can't even get a terminal. Is there a way to salvage my system without doing a re-install?

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answered 2 Years ago raacket · Accepted Answer

My solution was actually kind of obscure but easy. I have two graphics cards in my computer, a PCI-express graphics card which I use, and an onboard discrete graphics controller on my motherboard, which I don't use.

Just out of curiosity, I tried plugging in my monitor to the onboard graphics DVI out and suddenly I got a desktop, albeit not a nice looking one. I'm guessing the drivers attempted to use the first graphics card it found on my computer (the onboard discrete graphics controller) instead of the one I actually wanted to use.

I went into my BIOS settings and disabled the onboard graphics. Things booted up correctly after that.

I hope this helps anyone in the future having problems with the NVIDIA drivers.