update problem

[gaz2374]

updated yesterday and didnt notice the nvidia driver at the bottom anyway cant get into linux now cos the driver is buggered how do i go back to the pre-updated nvidia driver.

 

[sabashuali]

Have you tried reconfiguring the xserver (or Xorg?)?

Can you actualy start Linux and log in, even just to command line?

If you can, try the following line - 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86'
I think you might need to be root.

I have buggered the xserver a number of times and this worked for me....

 

[gaz2374]

will that work for ubuntu forgot to mention thats the distro im on

 

[gaz2374]

just tried and it says i dont have xserver-xfree86 installed

 

[Addis]

Do

dpkg-reconfigure --xserver-xorg

and choose a generic video driver like "nv".

Alternatively, you could just edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf and find the section about your screen driver change the line Driver "nvidia" to Driver "nv". That will do the same thing and be a lot quicker.

 

[gaz2374]

thing is i changed it awhile ago to the nvidia driver and it was fine but updated it and it screwed it up.

 

[megamaced]

Do you mean you upgraded Dapper to Edgy?

 

[gaz2374]

no i just did the updates when u turn it on and says updates ready for the system. still on the same thing just updates a few programs