I decided to install the Nvidia video driver on Ubuntu, and that's what I did:

1) Ctrl + Alt + F1

2) entered username and password

3) sudo service lightdm stop

4) sudo init 3

5) cd путь к файлу драйвера

6) sudo sh ./NVID*

After that, the driver installation went, during which a window emerged of something like "the installation can zafelititsya, continue?", I clicked foolishly and the installation continued.

After installing the driver, I entered the sudo service lightdm start , after which the operating system did not sudo service lightdm start . Turned off the computer holding the shutdown button. Every time you turn on it hangs on the Ubuntu logo.

How I tried to solve the problem:

According to the instructions from the answer to a similar question followed all the steps:

1) when included in the grub chose the item ubuntu, whith Linux XXX-XX-generic (recovery mode)

2) I chose failsafeX from the menu

3) A window appears

4) I click OK, the following window appears

He tried all the options, clicked on everything one by one as an old page, nothing helped.

5) At this point I tried to press Ctrl + Alt + F1 , but instead of entering the login and arol I see this:

The same, but better seen text:

There is no way to enter commands, just goes to a new line by pressing Enter

Question: What should I do to at least return to the state when I worked with the old driver? (there are no backups, unfortunately) How to solve this problem?

  • sudo aptitude -y install nvidia-current gives something? PS Finish pull habits in * nix. It rarely works well here. - don Rumata
  • I cannot enter commands into the terminal, they are entered as text, and when I click on the enter, the cursor simply moves to a new line. And with screw habits - yes, here is my joint, on Linux I have been sitting for 4 days, it is difficult to reorganize immediately. - Ivan Dembicki
  • Ctrl + Alt + F1,2,3,4,5,6 - at least on which thread of them there is just a usual invitation to enter a login? - don Rumata
  • No, either nothing happens, or it opens like the last picture from the post - Ivan Dembicki
  • Then the next question: do you want to solve this problem for academic interest or do you want it to work? - don Rumata

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Run root from grub and enter the command sudo apt remove nvidia-* . The command will remove all nvidia drivers and run ubuntu using an integrated graphics adapter. After launch you will have the opportunity to reinstall the driver by other methods.