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Ubuntu 12.04 terminal only after nvidia driver upgrade

rated 0 times [ 14] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 28863 / 2 Years ago, thu, january 20, 2022, 11:12:29

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 (after getting tired of Windows). Installation went fine.

I had one problem when I got in suspend mode and then resumed my screen was scrambled. After some googling founds some tips to upgrade my nvidia drivers. I did this, and rebooted but only a terminal windows appears now instead of a graphical desktop.

Tried to fix it by several reboots, and removing xorg.conf, but still no luck. Any advice how to fix it and get my desktop back ?

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answered 2 Years ago oatglori · Accepted Answer

After you've booted, press Ctrl+Alt+F1, and login using your credentials.

Remove all the nVidia drivers that you installed.
```
sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-*
```

Install the drivers again:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings