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Video driver problems. HELP!

Asked by Trevor

I recently install Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop eddition on an older Toshiba laptop. After installation was finished I updated the machine. After I restarted the machine I decided to install the video driver via the device driver selection in the administation menu. The driver downloaded and install fine and the system requested that I restart. After I restarted during boot up I encountered a problem. Following the Ubuntu title and loading bar the screen turns grey and the system locks up. My question is, how can I enter into command line during bootup and uninstall the driver? Essentially reverse what I did.

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Best Martin Božič (martin-bozic) said : 		#1

Press Ctrl+Alt+F1. This will put you in the command line interface (CLI).
Then type: aptitude search ati (or nvidia, if you have nvidia graphics card)
A list of packages will show up. The ones with 'i' before them are the ones that are installed.
Then type: sudo aptitude purge theGraphicsPackageYouHaveInstalled
After that reboot the computer by typing: sudo shutdown -r now

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Trevor (trevor-alexander-email) said : 		#2

Thanks Martin Božič, that solved my question.