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Ubuntu 14.04 Freezes in Unity but not is Flashback

Asked by Michael Gabby

After installing Ubuntu 14.04 32bit on my HP Pavilion a1710n, I attempted to log-in for the first time -- the screen is totally frozen - nothing works --- no mouse -- no function keys -- no super key -- nothing. The only thing I can do is turn the computer off.

I edited the grub2 file deleting 'quiet splash' and inserting 'nomodeset' -- this allowed me to boot into unity. I installed the gnome classic (now called flashback). I restarted the computer and did not edit the grub2 file. I was able to enter gnome classic without problems -- the only time I need to edit the grub2 files is if I want to boot into unity -- which I almost never do.

I have used the last three release of Ubuntu on this computer. Ubuntu 13.10 worked without a problem in gnome classic and unity -- now it doesn't work in unity. I am not sure why -- but I imagine I need an new drivers for my Nvidia Card -- but why does it work in classic and not in unity. And why has it worked for the past three releases and not 14.04????

14.04 doesn't seem to be totally ready for prime-time!!

Pax et Bonum
Mike Gabby

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Its a brand new release so yes there will be issues. Every new release has issues right out of the door. Even Precise had issue but it is now much more mature is rock solid.

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display

Thanks

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Michael Gabby (mgabby) said : 		#2

Thank you for responding.

sudo lshw -C display

  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: C51 [GeForce 6150 LE]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 5
       bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
       version: a2
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
       configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
       resources: irq:42 memory:fc000000-fcffffff memory:e0000000-efffffff
memory:fb000000-fbffffff memory:80000000-8001ffff

Pax et Bonum
Mike Gabby

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> much more mature is rock solid.
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> sudo lshw -C display
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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Seems you are using the open source driver. Try:

sudo apt-get --purge remove `dpkg -l | awk {'print $2'} | grep nvidia`
sudo apt-get --purge autoremove
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current

Reboot to test.

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Michael Gabby (mgabby) said : 		#4

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.