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Gnome won't load after upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10

Asked by MichaelReno

I have a HP TC1100, after downloading the upgrade upon reboot I get a tty login screen. I log in and i'm just sitting at a command prompt.
I ran "sudo apt-get -f install"
Then I tried "startx" and get errors basically telling me I have to screens.
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (loader failed, 7)
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Can you please help?
Thanks !!

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MichaelReno (michael-0867) said : 		#1

there's a typo in my message, where it says "i have to screens" I meant to say "i have no screens"

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Boot to recovery root console and remove the nvidia driver, then boot to the desktop system and then re-install the driver. The display driver didn't survive the upgrade

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MichaelReno (michael-0867) said : 		#3

I thought It would be something like that and with Ubuntu my skills at a command prompt leave a lot to be desired, but I'm working on that.How do I go about removing the nvidia driver?

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From: actionparsnip <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: [Question #122792]: Gnome won't load after upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10
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Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 11:44 PM

Your question #122792 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/122792

    Status: Open => Answered

actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
Boot to recovery root console and remove the nvidia driver, then boot to
the desktop system and then re-install the driver. The display driver
didn't survive the upgrade

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Then why are you using ALPHA software. Maverick is full of bugs and feature holes and is not ready for casual users like yourself.

You can remove the driver with:

sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia*; sudo apt-get --purge autoremove

I STRONGLY recommend you cease this nonsense and reinstall Lucid.

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MichaelReno (michael-0867) said : 		#5

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.